Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday sent letters to 15 educational institutions on charge of imposing extra fees from the students.
Director of the ACC Mir Joynul Abedin Shibli issued the letters.
The institutions have also been asked to submit a report about the number of vacant seats and other information by January 12.
“We have got information that many school authorities promoted unsuccessful students to next level by collecting extra charges,” said an ACC official.
Sources said several allegations of admission irregularities were filed with the ACC. After scrutinising the allegations, the commission decided to probe the matter.
The 15 schools are: Motijheel Government Boys’ High School, Ideal School and College, Motijheel, Viqarunnisa Noon School & College, Willes Little Flower School and College, Udayan Higher Secondary School, Government Laboratory High School, Azimpur Government Girls’ School and College, Agrani School and College, Dhanmondi Government Boys’ School and College, Mohammadpur Preparatory High School, Saint Joseph School, Dhaka Residential Model School and College, Holy Cross School, Monipur High School and College and Rajuk Uttara Model School and College.
The ACC has asked the deputy commissioners (DCs) of all the 64 districts to submit a report by February 15 on whether any student was promoted to the next higher class despite being unsuccessful in exam inations.
