Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 1066 Fri. June 01, 2007  
   
Letters to Editor


English medium schools


One fine evening, my young primary level son gave me a paper from school. It's nothing new. Every year this is a brief explanation to justify the increase of yearly fees and monthly tuition fees of English medium schools. Very few English medium schools are providing quality education to the students. There is no governing body or authority to evaluate teachers' qualification and teaching standards. Most of the schools are increasing yearly caution money, yearly charges and monthly tuition fees as well. They do not even bother to discuss beforehand or consider parents' financial status. Unfortunately, the guardians have to accept it, otherwise their kids may be given TC or will be treated badly. Also, many of the teachers are just giving a lot of homework without explaining the subject properly in the class.

The government should look into this matter seriously and help our kids to be educated properly. Please take a bold decision and formulate a national policy on this.