VAT for private English medium schools
Tuesday, 7 August 2007
EDUCATION is the basic right of all the citizens of any country. The government is responsible to provide this basic right for all the people of the country that it governs. But if there is limitation on the part of the government, then private sector comes forward. This is also true in case of good education facilities in Bangladesh. There is very limited number of seats for all the students in government-run educational institutions, not only in Dhaka city but also all over the country. So, the guardians have no choice but to avail the expensive facilities of private educational institutions for good education of their children. The expense of education is not an easy matter but a burden for the guardians and they have no choice since the government cannot help much in this regard. But the helpless guardians are to accept the reality and arrange the expenses for education of their children with hardship.
Unfortunately, the recent inclusion of English Medium Schools under the umbrella of VAT (Value Added tax) is a serious burden on the part of the guardians who are already tense to arrange the expenses of education since the government-run institutions have limited facilities. One cannot expect this situation from the concerned authorities of the government, particularly when they are taking many wise steps.
Therefore, we, the helpless guardians, request the Honourable Chief Advisor, the Honourable Education Advisor, the Honourable Education Secretary and the Honourable Chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to seriously reconsider this serious matter and exempt the English medium schools and institutions from payment of VAT and remove the added tension of the overburdened parents.
Dr M Salimuzzman
178, R-2, New DOHS,
Mohakhali, Dhaka.
Unfortunately, the recent inclusion of English Medium Schools under the umbrella of VAT (Value Added tax) is a serious burden on the part of the guardians who are already tense to arrange the expenses of education since the government-run institutions have limited facilities. One cannot expect this situation from the concerned authorities of the government, particularly when they are taking many wise steps.
Therefore, we, the helpless guardians, request the Honourable Chief Advisor, the Honourable Education Advisor, the Honourable Education Secretary and the Honourable Chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to seriously reconsider this serious matter and exempt the English medium schools and institutions from payment of VAT and remove the added tension of the overburdened parents.
Dr M Salimuzzman
178, R-2, New DOHS,
Mohakhali, Dhaka.