The admission price for the grasp’s stage in Chittagong University of Engineering and Abilities (CUET) has elevated fourfold, rising the burden on college students wanting to gain into the college.
Per a sight printed on 17 January, the admissions price for the grasp’s college students of 2022-23 session became once Tk2,700. Nonetheless, in a brand recent sight printed on 25 September, the associated price for 2023-24 session became once position at Tk10,600, which blueprint the associated price has quadrupled.
College students who’re no longer successfully-off are discovering it worthy to administer the money wanted to pay the admission price. Some be pleased expressed their nettle on social media, while some others be pleased backtracked from their decision to gain enrolled.
Ishtiak Ahmed Sajid, a recent graduate from the college’s Computer Science and Engineering department, stated, “As we didn’t know about the recent price, we had willing based fully fully on the aged sight. Many of us did no longer be part of in the grasp’s programme seeing the exorbitant costs simply a day before the admissions. It is basically advanced for us to administer Tk11,000 as admissions price after covering our living costs.”
“When we contacted the college administration, they told us that the associated price has been elevated to invent it aggressive with the opposite engineering universities. However the grasp’s stage admissions price is Tk3,000 at BUET. Later, we submitted a letter to the authority after consulting with Sudip Kumar Buddy, a college who oversees the administrative and monetary affairs of the college. He has assured us of discussing the challenge on the educational council,” Sajid added.
Aritra Arhan Sabbir, a recent graduate from the college’s Grief Engineering and Administration department, stated, “CUET would not be pleased any residential halls or enough facilities for grasp’s stage college students. Moreover, an infinite quantity of money must be paid as lab price as there may possibly be not forever any sessional courses. College students coming from middle class background like us are discovering it worthy to administer such an infinite quantity of money hasty. We had been forced to gain admitted thru taking credit. We hope that the college administration will receive a acknowledge to this challenge.”
Contacted, Registrar of the college Sheikh Mohammad Humayun Kabir stated, “The recent price has been position on the a hundred and fiftieth assembly of the educational council after a committee synchronised CUET’s price with the admission costs of different engineering universities. I be pleased purchased some purposes relating to the subject. The academic council will rob decisions on these after a vice chancellor is appointed.”
Sudip Kumar Buddy, a professor on the Civil Engineering department and a college accountable for the administrative and monetary affairs of the college, stated, “I be pleased told the college students to title the areas the set the costs are exorbitant as recent them to the administration. We are currently unable to medication the challenge as the educational council assembly can no longer be held on account of no longer having a VC. We are in a position to rob steps relating to the subject after the appointment of a VC, and coordinate the costs throughout the subsequent semester.”
