Imrul Hossain for DOT
[2] The High Court has issued a rule asking the government offices concerned to show cause why private schools charging the same amount of tuition fees – as pre-Covid 19 period – from students should not be declared unlawful and illegal, reports Dhaka Tribune.
[3] The rule also asked why the High Court should not be directed to formulate a scheme with respect to the quantum and collection of tuition fees from students of private schools during the pandemic based on concerned laws.
[4] The bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq issued the rule yesterday after hearing a writ on this regard.[5] Apart from the rule, the court issued a directive to the respondents to formulate a scheme with respect to the quantum and collection of tuition fees from students of private schools during the subsistence of the Covid 19 pandemic and submit the same to the government, within 3 months.
[6] The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, the Directorate of Primary Education, Chittagong Grammar School, Dhaka, and Scholastica have been made respondents to the writ.
[7] Barrister Aneek R Haque accompanied by Barrister Asif Bin Anwar and Barrister Tanvir Quader stood for the writ on Monday.
Tanvir filed the writ with the High Court on August 18.