"Education traders"
Dr. S.M. Rahman, On e-mail
The Private University Association and several individuals recently requested the govt. for a moratorium on income tax and Vat imposed upon the private universities. They put arguments that higher education in the private sector would be affected and the cost of education would be increased. In this connection, I would like to mention that majority of the sponsors had built their fortune by this way or that way and most of them are not qualified enough to be associated with education. They became education lovers overnight and wanted to make business using education as a commodity. They hired senior and retired or about to retire academicians from public universities with fat salary packages and sell their credentials to attract students.As a result, the students of public universities are being deprived of better quality education. This group of people (sponsors) do not care for the quality of education. The income tax and Vat imposed by the govt. would be realised from the students and the so-called education lovers would be able to make good business at the cost of the students and their guardians. I would, therefore, request the government to impose income tax and Vat on the individual sponsors in addition to what they deposit to the exchequer. The government also should keep an eye so that these "education traders" do not increase fees in the name of income tax and Vat.
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