Ceilings to be set for English-medium school fees

The draft of a regulation to set ceilings for fees taken by Bangladesh’s English-medium schools has been finalised, a court has heard.
The Ministry of Education submitted the draft regulation to the court Monday following a writ petition, according to a news agency.
Schools might lose their registrations and face legal action if they charge beyond the limit set by the government for admission form and fees, it said.
All schools and colleges registered under Ordinance No. 20 of 1962 will fall within the regulation.
The ministry’s draft has divided these English-medium schools into three categories based on the number of students.
It also chalks down separate fees for schools in and outside metropolitan areas.
A school with 700 and more students will be assigned the ‘A’ category. Those with 400 to 700 will get the ‘B’ rank. A school below 400 students will be given the ‘C’ category.
An ‘A’-category school can charge maximum Tk 3,000 as monthly tuition and not beyond Tk 30,000 as admission and session fees.
If it is located outside the metropolitan, then it can only take up to Tk 1,500 as tuition and Tk 15,000 for both admission and session charges combined.