Govt extends HSC admission deadline to Sept 17, sets max enrollment fees
The government has extended the deadline of enrolling students to class XI and fixed the highest ceiling of the admission fees.
Inter-education board coordination sub-committee president Prof Ziaul Haque issued two separate directives regarding the issues on Tuesday evening.
Students will be allowed to get admission till September 17, said a directive signed by Ziaul, also Dhaka Education Board chairman.
According to the preliminary decision, the enrollment dates were September 13, 14 and 15.
In another directive, the board authorities said an educational institute under MPO of Dhaka would be allowed to fix the admission fee at maximum Tk 5,000.
Fees would be maximum Tk 7,500 for Bangla version students at educational institutes which get MPO benefits partially and maximum Tk 8,500 for English version in Dhaka metropolitan areas.
For educational institutes under MPO coverage at upazila levels, the highest fee is Tk 1,000, for district headquarters Tk 2,000 and for other metropolitan areas Tk 3,000.
The third phase of online application is now going on.
For several years, based on the results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam, students have been admitted centrally to class XI in government- and private-owned colleges and madrasas through online.
Students can apply to minimum five and maximum 10 colleges. Respective boards then place a student to a college on the basis of their results and choices.
During the three-phase admission process, students can apply to maximum 10 colleges or madrasas, with a fee of Tk 150 for each, said officials.
After the process, a new academic year for HSC and equivalent courses usually begins on July 1. But this year it will be different due to coronavirus situation.
All educational institutions have remained closed since March 17, and the closure was stretched to August 31 to stem Covid-19 transmission.
Education boards expected to start online admission on May 10, but they could not do so as results of SSC and equivalent exams were published on May 31.
Meanwhile, a section of guardians yesterday demanded that the government should fix the highest ceiling of readmission fee for class XII.
Obhibhabok Oikya Forum, a platform of guardians, in a statement said in absence of any guideline some of the colleges are charging Tk 9,000 to Tk 20,000 for readmission.
"These colleges are fixing their admission fees, monthly tuition fees and others at whim in absence of any guideline," said the statement signed by forum president Ziaul Kabir Dulu.
Education Minister Dipu Moni requested all school authorities to be humane towards guardians in tuition fee collection during coronavirus crisis. But they are not abiding by the request, said the statement.
The forum also welcomed government move to fix the admission fees for class XI.
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