JSC, JDC exam fees raised to Tk 200 from Tk 150
The government yesterday decided to increase Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) exam fees by Tk 50.
Therefore the examinees will have to pay Tk 200 this year, of which, Tk 130 is the centre fee and Tk 70 is the board fee. Earlier, the expenses were Tk 100 and Tk 50 respectively.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the education ministry at its conference room with Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid in the chair.
The meeting, however, discarded Dhaka Education Board's proposal to charge the full amount from the students, said meeting sources.
A total of Tk 650 is spent behind each student per exam, of which, the government bears Tk 500 while the rest is realised from the students.
Dhaka Education Board had proposed to withdraw the government subsidy and charge the students with the full amount.
But the ministry officials disapproved of the proposal, saying that the fee will turn out as an additional burden on the students and their parents.
A huge number of students refrain from taking the exams as they can not bear the expenses and burdening them with the additional amount will cause the drop out rate to increase, they said.
Last year, over 18 lakh school and madrasa students of class eight took the JSC and JDC exams.
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