The High Court has summon the heads of 26 schools in Dhaka to appear before it on January 6 for charging additional examination fees from the SSC candidates.
The bench of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman passed the orders during the hearing of a suo motu ruling.
The headmasters or principals of these schools and the chairpersons or managing directors of their governing bodies have to appear before the court to explain why they have charged the excess fees in addition to the amount fixed by the government.
Deputy Attorney General Biswojit Roy told the Dhaka Tribune that the summons came after going through a probe report submitted by Dhaka Education Board. It said these institutions charged extra fees for the 2015 academic year.
The institutions are Motijheel Ideal School and College, Viqarunnisa Noon School, Mirpur Bangla School and College, Dhaka Residential Model College, Rajuk Uttara Model College, Holy Cross Girls High School, Siddheswari Girls High School, Government Laboratory High School, National Ideal School and College, YWCA School, Milestone College, Udayan High School, Cambrian School and College, Raihan College in Lalbagh, Alimuddin High School in Mirpur, Mohammadpur High School in New Market, Armanitola Government High School, West End High School, Anandamoyee Girls High School, Ahmed Bawani Academy, Monipur High School, Mirpur Adorsha High School, Mirpur Shaheed Smriti High School, Jannat Academy in Mirpur, and Haji Billat Ali Adorsha High School in Azampur.
On November 10, the same bench ordered the government to immediately stop charging additional fees at the schools across the country.