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The High Court (HC) has ordered an immediate ban on the collection of re-admission fees from students at educational institutions, ruling that learners will no longer be required to pay such fees when promoted to the next grade after initial admission.
The directive was issued on Wednesday (February 18), stating that no educational institution may charge students a re-admission fee.
However, privately run institutions will be allowed to continue collecting regular tuition fees.
The ruling followed a writ petition filed on January 25 by the private rights organization Bangladesh Law and Rights Aid, which sought the abolition of re-admission fees.
Ali Asgar Imon, executive director of the organization and the writ petitioner, previously told journalists that students who study continuously in the same institution are often charged large sums under the pretext of fresh admission when they pass annual examinations and move to the next class.
He said this practice has turned education into a commodity, while parents have become captive consumers, forcing middle- and lower-middle-income families into severe financial distress.
Imon also pointed out that the practice is already explicitly prohibited by government policy.
Referring to the admission guidelines for private schools and colleges issued by the Ministry of Education last November, he said institutions may collect an annual session charge for students promoted to the next grade within the same school, but re-admission fees are not allowed.
He added that the illegality of such fees has been formally acknowledged at the highest administrative level.
Despite this, he said, the directive has not been enforced, with thousands of institutions across the country openly violating the policy.
According to him, education boards, district administrations, and the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education have failed to take effective action, prompting the filing of the writ.
Separately, the Education Ministry on Monday (February 16), issued a new policy titled Financial Transparency and Accountability Guidelines for Educational Institutions, aimed at curbing financial irregularities and strengthening oversight.
The policy also explicitly prohibits the collection of re-admission fees from enrolled students.
