Staff Reporter :
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has asked the private schools and colleges to refund the extra fees collected with ‘tuition fees and registration fees’ from the students within seven days.
“The High Court has an order in this regard. Even Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given a directive. The schools must
refund the fees to the students within seven days,” Nahid said.
The Minister also warned of stern action against the institutions that would fail to return it.
Nurul Islam Nahid said it at the Secretariat on Wednesday morning. The Minister urged the guardians to inform the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education the names of the institutions who took additional fees from students for SSC examinations.
“The Education Ministry has asked all the Education Boards to prepare lists of the schools that has failed to pay heed to the directive,” Nahid said.
Most private schools and colleges in Dhaka and Chittagong enhanced tuition and admission fees at the beginning of this year, justifying their action on the plea of the recent hike in the Pay Scale of government employees.
In the wake of the howls of protests by students and parents, the Ministry issued an order on January 17, instructing educational institutions not to charge enhanced fees.
It said that several schools and colleges had hiked tuition and other fees without the government’s approval.
The governing bodies of the institutions have been told to follow government instructions contained in the guidelines of the secondary and higher secondary educational boards.
“In this context, all institutions are being instructed to stop charging increased tuition fees until further notice from the government,” the order read.
In December last year, a High Court order instructed the authorities to initiate steps against schools that charged extra money to register students for Secondary School Certificate examinations.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has asked the private schools and colleges to refund the extra fees collected with ‘tuition fees and registration fees’ from the students within seven days.
“The High Court has an order in this regard. Even Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given a directive. The schools must
refund the fees to the students within seven days,” Nahid said.
The Minister also warned of stern action against the institutions that would fail to return it.
Nurul Islam Nahid said it at the Secretariat on Wednesday morning. The Minister urged the guardians to inform the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education the names of the institutions who took additional fees from students for SSC examinations.
“The Education Ministry has asked all the Education Boards to prepare lists of the schools that has failed to pay heed to the directive,” Nahid said.
Most private schools and colleges in Dhaka and Chittagong enhanced tuition and admission fees at the beginning of this year, justifying their action on the plea of the recent hike in the Pay Scale of government employees.
In the wake of the howls of protests by students and parents, the Ministry issued an order on January 17, instructing educational institutions not to charge enhanced fees.
It said that several schools and colleges had hiked tuition and other fees without the government’s approval.
The governing bodies of the institutions have been told to follow government instructions contained in the guidelines of the secondary and higher secondary educational boards.
“In this context, all institutions are being instructed to stop charging increased tuition fees until further notice from the government,” the order read.
In December last year, a High Court order instructed the authorities to initiate steps against schools that charged extra money to register students for Secondary School Certificate examinations.
