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Foreign university campus

8 February 2005, 18:00 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
By Advocate Quazi Raquibul Islam Dhaka
8 February 2005, 18:00 PM
It is observed that foreign university campuses are being established in Dhaka by different student counselling firms. Students are also being admitted in those campuses for which a large amount of money is taken from the students as admission fees. It may be stated that permission of the University Grants Commission is required to open a foreign university campus. The terms and conditions of opening such campuses are the same as those of establishing a fully-fledged university in Bangladesh.

Generally, foreign colleges and universities appoint their agents in Dhaka and they can enroll students on the basis of a stipulated commission.

There is a specific quota in the colleges and universities for the foreign students. But some counselling firms are enrolling 400 to 500 students in each semester for their colleges and universities. On the other hand, the embassies of the countries concerned are expressing their inability to issue such a big number of visas.

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My advice to the intending students as an experienced student counsellor is that they should not obtain any offer letter from the agents who are issuing an excessive number of offer letters, as this will create problem for the students in general to get visa from the embassies/high commissions.