Govt to provide tuition fees of classes VI to XI

The government decided to pay the tuition fees of classes VI students from next academic year 2020. The students of class XI will also get the facility serially.

Ministry sources said the project will be run through HSP scheme under Secondary Education Development Program Project (SEDP).

A meeting has been taken place already in this regard.

Sources said, the project will be implemented gradually. In this case, Tk35 will be fixed as tuition fee for each school. The government will pay that. However, the amount would be more in some areas.

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