Suicide of a girl for examination fee

This is in reference to the news item, “Punished for failure to pay, schoolgirl kills herself” published in The Daily Star on August 30, 2016. It is difficult to describe how shocked we are.

Unfortunately, it is common practice in schools that children have to suffer humiliation in case of late payment or non-payment of dues especially if the school is a non-government or private one. The payment of school fees and dues are the matter of transaction between the school administration and the guardians. So, subjecting children to humiliation and embarrassing them for the non-payment of fees and other dues is unjust. There should be rules that will make sure that the payment of school fees will remain a matter between the school and the guardians only. The students have nothing to do with it and they should not be harassed or reprimanded for this reason. I draw the attention of Ministry of Education in this regard.

Mohammad Rukanuddin

Assistant Professor of English

Ahsanullah University of Science, and Technology

Dhaka