Regulating students' consultancy firms
Sunday, 27 December 2009
A large number of students go abroad every year for higher studies. They take help from students' consultancy firms. In most cases, the guardians of the students are allured by the advertisement of these consultancy firms. Many firms are alleged to hide correct information. For example, the UK has graded colleges and universities in A and B categories and put restrictions on the recruitment of students. Tuition fee of the colleges varies from 2500-4000 pound. Most of these colleges do not have enough space and classrooms.
Following the economic recession the UK has made some tricky decisions for economic recovery and relaxed immigration rules. In the past 6 months, about 30 thousand students have gone to the UK from Bangladesh. Many of them were misled by the misinformation provided by the students' consultancy firms that jobs will be easily available for them. But the fact is job market is very bad in the UK and people there are losing their jobs in the economic recession. Similarly, some students have been lured by some students' consultancy firms to go to China for studying MBBS in China; but the certificates of these institutes are not even recognised in Bangladesh.
The government should make proper rules and regulations for running the students' consultancy firms and see that students and their guardians are not cheated.
Adv. Quazi Raquibul Islam
42-43, Siddheswari Circular Road,
Shantinagar, Dhaka.
E-mail: raquibul55@yahoo.com
Following the economic recession the UK has made some tricky decisions for economic recovery and relaxed immigration rules. In the past 6 months, about 30 thousand students have gone to the UK from Bangladesh. Many of them were misled by the misinformation provided by the students' consultancy firms that jobs will be easily available for them. But the fact is job market is very bad in the UK and people there are losing their jobs in the economic recession. Similarly, some students have been lured by some students' consultancy firms to go to China for studying MBBS in China; but the certificates of these institutes are not even recognised in Bangladesh.
The government should make proper rules and regulations for running the students' consultancy firms and see that students and their guardians are not cheated.
Adv. Quazi Raquibul Islam
42-43, Siddheswari Circular Road,
Shantinagar, Dhaka.
E-mail: raquibul55@yahoo.com