Dhaka University has postponed online form submission for professional exams of eight private medical colleges affiliated with it over allegations they were charging students up to nearly eight times the fee.
The authorities in a notice on Jan 25 asked the MBBS students to fill out the forms and submit the fees for the first professional examination of the session from May to November 2020, now to be held between Feb 22 and Mar 7 this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The exam fees were fixed at Tk 1,200 per subject while for the tabulation sheets, the fee is Tk 450. Irregular candidates are supposed to pay an additional amount of Tk 750 as retention fee.
But some of the medical colleges were charging the students up to Tk 8,000 in place of Tk 1,200.
The authorities in a notice on Jan 25 asked the MBBS students to fill out the forms and submit the fees for the first professional examination of the session from May to November 2020, now to be held between Feb 22 and Mar 7 this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The exam fees were fixed at Tk 1,200 per subject while for the tabulation sheets, the fee is Tk 450. Irregular candidates are supposed to pay an additional amount of Tk 750 as retention fee.
But some of the medical colleges were charging the students up to Tk 8,000 in place of Tk 1,200.
The university made an announcement suspending the form submission for the exams of Shahabuddin Medical College of Gulshan, Kumudini Women’s Medical College, Bangladesh Medical College, Delta Medical College, East West Medical College, Care Medical College, Uttara Modern Medical College and US-Bangla Medical College.
Among them, Uttara Modern and US-Bangla were charging the students extra for the third professional exams and the others for the first professional exams.
Source : Bdnews
