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High fee at ICT public colleges compel students to move to provincial public colleges


ISLAMABAD, Aug 07: High tuition fee of Associate Diploma Program (ADP) and BS programs at Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) public sector colleges in comparison to the provincial institutions is the main cause of departure of students from Islamabad to provinces leaving very few admissions at ICT colleges.

According to official sources, students at ICT colleges are charged a fee around Rs. 25000 in the first semester while around  Rs. 15,000 in the subsequent semesters.

Comparatively the fee structure of public colleges ranges from Rs.5000 to Rs.10000 per semester at provinces which is much lower than the ICT colleges.

 Many students who aspire to take admission in the ADP or BS programs prefer to go to the colleges situated in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Nazir Ahmed lecturer at Islamabad Model Postgraduate College H-8 college said, “Higher fees mean that study in Islamabad is limited to those students that can afford to pay for ADP/BS programs. 

It also increases the risk of students dropping out of ICT Colleges.

Unfortunately the criteria to educate students  is based on wealth rather than talent. These colleges should focus on nurturing the best brains even if they can't afford to pay high fees.

"High fees seem to have compelled the student to migrate from Islamabad to Rawalpindi resulting in low enrollment and dropouts from ICT institutions", he said.

Kamran, a BS student of Asghar Mall College Rawalpindi said, I am residing at G-9 sector in Islamabad. My parent could not afford my studies at Islamabad colleges due to high tuition fee so I got admission in Rawalpindi.

Hamza a student who left H-8 college Islamabad in his 3rd semester said, “The cost of education was high and my parents found it extremely difficult to cope with my educational expenses so I left the college.

"There is no policy of the authorities at the helm of affairs to help prevent poor students from dropping out of higher education”, he observed.

Mehreen, a student of BS 2nd semester claimed that her parents could not afford to pay her high fees but she forced her parents to continue in the same college as she could not go away from home to study in other institution with less fee.

Anum Kaleem a lecturer at Islamabad Model College for Girls(Postgraduate) F-7/2 said, “Many college students worry they won’t have enough money to pay semester fees. "Authorities at the Federal Directorate of Education should lower the fee of ADP/BS program of ICT colleges and bring fee structure at par with provincial colleges in order to attract students and help bring them back into ICT colleges", she stressed.


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