Organisers of the 6th Education and Career Expo2006, being held at the Bashundhara Expocentre under the auspices of Conference and Exhibition Management Services Ltd (Cems), have come up with some sorts of discounts to woo the students from different colleges and private and public universities, who went there to choose the local and foreign prospective institutions for studies at undergraduate and post-graduate levels.

Almost all out of the 60 private universities and educational institutions showcasing their services in the fair have cut down service or admission charges ranging from 10 to 100 percent.

Universalities and colleges from 15 different countries including Bangladesh, Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Ireland, Cyprus, Canada, Singapore, USA and UK are representing themselves in the fair through local representatives or authorities of the institutions.

"We have been offering 50 per cent discount on Tk 10,000 admission fee," a representative of the Eastern University said.

Generally we take 50, 000 service charge for collecting offer letters from the universities of Sweden and Norway, but now we are taking Tk 25,000 only in this fair," an official of Inspire said, claiming the organisation as an global education consultant.

Besides educational institutions, various types of discounts are being offered from a number of participating training institutions.

The DCCI Business Institute (DBL) is offering 10-15 percent discounts on its training services as well as on 41 short businesses development courses and services.

Scheduled to end next Tuesday, the fair remains open from 10 am to 5 pm everyday with a Tk 10 entry fee.

Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) is the partner while The Daily Star, the Jugantor and Channel i are the media partners of the event.