ZCZC
BSS-39
HC-COACHING-BUSINESS
HC declares govt policy over coaching business as valid
DHAKA, Feb 7, 2019 (BSS) – The High Court (HC) today declared the
government policy formulated in 2012 to stop coaching business at all the
government and private educational institutions as valid.
The HC bench comprising Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-
Jalil passed the verdict after hearings on separate writ petitions in this
regard.
Lawyers in their submission to the court said as per the verdict, teachers
cannot run coaching classes flouting the policy. Deputy Attorney General Md
Mokhlesur Rahman took part in the hearing on behalf of the state while
Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan and Barrister Tania Amir took part in the
petition on behalf of Anti-Corruption Commission and petitioners
respectively.
Khurshid Alam said the HC also declared the inspection of ACC in the both
government and private educational institutions as legal. The government
announced a policy titled ‘Policy-2012 to stop teachers from doing coaching
business in educational institutes’ on June 20, 2012.
As per the policy, a teacher can teach a maximum of 10 students of other
institutions a day with prior permission from the head of their respective
institutions.
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