Centurion University targets to admit students from the lowest 20% of household income brackets. The university colludes with the Government of India’s Reservation Laws, providing a considerable percentage of seats to the various categories of students such as Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes. Since the University has been rendering its services across the various regions within India. It is targeting to uplift the demographic profile of the people by extending its services in the form of higher education. On account of achieving the targeted outcomes, Centurion University has been doing the following.
- Financial Aid and Scholarships: The University has evolved a vigorous financial aid system by itself and has also connected to various Government and Non-Government organizations for scholarships and grants in order to reach the particular needs of financially depressed students. Apart from it, the students who scored 90% and above marks in intermediate or at 10+2 level will be granted a scholarship worth of ₹ 25,000 per year sponsored by Aditham Lakshmana Rao and Seshamma Memorial Trust”.
- Application Fee Waivers: The University charges no tuition fee for low-income students. This encourages them to apply and explore their educational options.
- Support Services: The University extends exhaustive support services such as tutoring, counselling, mentoring and skill oriented programs to help the students from distinct backgrounds in order to make them to succeed academically and personally.
By executing these strategies, Centurion University not only enhancing the access to higher education for students from the lowest income profile but also extending the financial aid to decrease the educational inequality, fostering diversity, and promoting social mobility in India.
Graduation Completion Targets for Students
Centurion University confirms graduation completion targets for students through the mix of financial, academic, and support initiatives. Following are the certain strategies for Indian universities:
- Financial Assistance:
- Need-Based Scholarships: Offers scholarships specifically tailored to low-income students, covering tuition, fees, and living expenses. In the year 2021- 2022, it has been extended an amount of ₹ 2,13,51,250 to the total number of 143 students benefited from scholarships out of 361 students and in the year 2022-2023, an amount of ₹ 2,11,48,050 to a total number of 134 students benefited from scholarships out of 495 students. In the year 2023-2024, it has been extended an Amount of ₹88,26,800 to a total number of 597 students who benefited from scholarships out of 1433
Tuition Fee Flexibility:
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- Deferred Payment Plans: It is the policy of the Centurion university that it is allowing the students to pay tuition fees in deferred payments to reduce their financial burden. At the time of COVID, the University had facilitated the deferred payments by a year. At present, the University permits all of its students to pay the tuition fee minimum of two instalments.
- Academic Support:
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- Remedial Classes: The Deans of distinctive schools are in finding the learners of various programmes and extending remedial classes as extra support in specific subjects.
- Mentorship and Counselling:
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- Mentorship Programs: The University has a rigorous committed mentorship program in place of where faculty members guide and support students.
By executing these strategies, Centurion University significantly improves the graduation rates for students. In the year 2023, the overall pass percentage of students is 80. These measures thereby accord to social equity and reduce educational disparities..
