Exorbitant fees of British Council
The British Council of Bangladesh is indeed a premier institute in the country in terms of the courses they offer and the quality they maintain. The teaching staff as well as the course materials are good enough to learn English. They offer lots of English courses but the fees they charge are too high for the pupils from Bangladeshi lower middle class families. The Business English course costs Taka 15,000 and the IELTS preparation course costs Taka 12,500. In the context of Bangladesh these fees are too much. Anyone running a programme in a third world country like Bangladesh must also know the income of the common people. Or, are these courses only meant for rich people?
Many good and meritorious students just cannot afford learning English from the British Council. As an English teacher, I would like to request the authority concerned to reduce the fees of the courses that BC offers, which eventually will be a blessing for those keen learners who, despite their wishes cannot make it. To some people this amount is their whole year's educational expense.
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