Brahmanbaria: Many schools in Bijaynagar upazila are reportedly taking extra money from students for filling up forms to sit for the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations.
Though the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Examinations, Comilla, has fixed the charges at Tk 1,485 for science examinees and Tk 1385 for commerce and arts students, the school authorities are allegedly collecting extra fees from the students without giving any receipts.The authorities of Daudpur High School are collecting Tk 4,300 from the students who passed the test exam and between Tk 5,300 to 9,000 from those who failed in one or more than one subjects.Habibur Rahman, a guardian of an SSC candidate, said he paid Tk 5,375 as form fees.However, the school’s headmaster, Moha Prabhu, declined to say anything in this connection.
Delwar Hossain, headmaster of Panchgaon Ideal High School, said they took Tk 1,000 as coaching fees from the students in addition to the form fees.
Al Mamun, upazila secondary education officer, said necessary steps will be taken against the institutions who are taking extra fees from the students.