Curbing fees charged by English-medium schools

Admission fees, monthly tuition fees and other fees charged by the schools should be guided by a standard policy and followed uniformly by all. What we find in reality is totally different. In absence of a clear-cut policy, amount of fees charged by the English-medium schools in our country not only vary from one school to another but are also exorbitantly high by any standard.
Usually fees charged vary from one school to another. But from the study I have recently conducted on some mediocre English-medium schools located in Dhaka city, it has been identified that the average figure of admission fees and monthly fees charged in Play Group is Tk.1,20,000 and Tk.8,000 respectively. Each year, readmission fees in the form of maintenance and development increases in addition to increased tuition fees. This means that before reaching Class-1, a student has to spend about Tk.7,00,000 in four levels, like Play Group, Nursery, KG-1 and KG-2. Therefore the cost of pre-school level education becomes almost equivalent to the cost involved at the undergraduate level at a top ranking private university. If the fees at private universities are exorbitant, as alleged by many in many forums, it will be extremely difficult to find an appropriate language to describe the pre-school fees at English-medium schools. They defy all logic and arguments.
What justifies such high fees and charges set by the English medium schools? Is it the high remuneration package paid to the teachers and other staff or the huge fund utilised for the development of the school and students? If it is not so, the school authorities are driven by high profit margins for their investments.  
We were very happy to learn that Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) has submitted a draft policy titled "Private English-Medium School and College Student Admission Policy 2013" to the government. Admission fees and monthly fees were proposed in the policy based on the category of schools, a set of standards maintained at the school and its location. But the maximum admission fee and monthly fee recommended were Tk.30,000 and Tk.3,000 respectively. Now the question is whether this policy will be approved and followed. In addition, we should not be surprised, if an additional fee is imposed on the private university students in view of increasing payments charged by English-medium schools.
In the end, we all still believe that the policy submitted by DSHE or any other similar policy will be approved very soon and it will be strictly enforced all over the country to bring all English-medium schools under one umbrella.  
Pulok Debnath
ppulok91@hotmail.com