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Collection of excess fees in SSC exam protested

 New Nation
 Published: 12:00 AM, 18 November 2015

The high school authorities in Barisal have evoked sharp reaction from both the examinees and their guardians due to the realization of excessive examination fees from the SSC candidates, violating the order of Barisal Education Board(BEB).
The Barisal Education Board has fixed the lowest Tk. 1,355 to highest Tk 1,545 fees for each of the examinees from different categories and groups.
This amount of BEB fees included examination fees for written and theoretical subjects, fees for practical exams, academic transcript, certificate, scout or Girl Guide’s, observing education week funds, center fees and more 200-300 for irregular candidate.
The filling forms at the schools was started from November 12 and date of filling forms through online and submitting fees through TT at the education board account fixed as without fine till November 18, with fine till November 25 and submission of copies of TT receipt at account sections of BEB office within November 26, 2015, sources said.
However after visiting and contacting with different secondary schools and students it was fond that extra fees of Tk.500 to 2,000 are collected in the name of tuition fees till the publishing of result, coaching, management, development, magazine, sports, milad, mosques, salaries of fourth class employees, and other heads.
This practice has compelled a good number of poor parents of the SSC candidates into great financial strain and facing an uphill task in managing such a big amount of examinees fees for their wards.
Dasgupta Ashish Kumar, regional president of teachers association, acknowledged that the extra fees are collected as tuition fees till result out, coaching, development, magazine, sports, milad, mosques, salaries of fourth class employees, and other heads.
When contacted, the headmasters of several high schools denying the realization of excessive examination fees said, they were taking examination fees as per the direction of the board and board has no jurisdiction for imposing bar against collection of money from the candidates for other heads.
Rabeya Khatun, a domestic help in the city borrowed Tk 2,500 from a money lender to pay the SSC examination fee of her daughter and does not know how she will repay the loan.
Sabur Mia of village Charmonai under Sadar upazila said he had to mortgage his land to give the examination fees of his son.
Action would be taken if any complain about realizing excessive SSC examination fees from the candidates proved as fact after investigation, assured Prof. Ziaul Huq, chairman Barisal Education Board.