The request came from Suwit Mesinsee, Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation on Wednesday (March 11). 
He also asked them:&nbsp; 
• to lower rental fees for six months for entrepreneurs operating businesses on their premises 
• to reduce their own remuneration and management expenditures and use the savings to hire students or outsiders to work on the campus 
• to provide online courses and other measures to help people hurt by Covid-19.

Cut students a break over Covid-19, universities asked

The government has asked institutes of higher education to lower tuition fees and other fees to ease the financial burden on students and their parents while the Covid-19 situation persists.