Admission Policy
Govt to inspect city pvt schools
The government yesterday formed an inspection committee to monitor whether private schools in the capital follow government's admission policy during student enrolment.
The four-member team will also look into whether these schools, most of which do not receive government's monthly payment order facilities, distribute textbooks of National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) to the students.
Following the directives of the education ministry, the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) formed the team comprised of its two deputy directors, an assistant director and the district education officer of Dhaka.
Initially the team will inspect Mitali Bidyapith, Bongshal Girls High School, Anandamoyee Girls High School, Milestone High School, Uttara High School, Cambrian School and College, and Nawab Habibullah Bahar School and College.
In accordance with a DSHE order issued yesterday, the committee will also inspect other private schools and college gradually.
The team has been asked to submit its report as soon as possible, said one of its members.
Asked why these institutions will be inspected first, Prof Noman-ur-Rashid, director general of DSHE, said the directorate has been receiving allegations made by guardians against these institutions regarding charging higher fees than the government stipulated amount during admission.
Besides, newspapers are also publishing reports concerning high fees charged by these institutions, said Rashid, also chief of admission monitoring committee.
The government last December formulated an admission policy that fixed admission fees for the city schools at Tk 5,000 at most.
Earlier this year, the government's admission monitoring committee found that 24 prominent non-government schools charged much higher fees and asked the school authorities to return the extra money or adjust it with monthly fees.
However, these schools were not monitored by the government. They charged at least five to ten times the amount stipulated by the government, said a DSHE official.
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