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Institute Seeks Fair Deal With Duped Foreign Students
By M K Anwar

Bandar Seri Begawan - The alleged institute involved in bringing in several Nepalese and Bangladeshi students to study for non-existing courses is believed to be seeking an amicable agreement with the students.

The institute has also employed the services of a lawyer and, in a press statement through their lawyer given to the Weekend yesterday, the institute in question says that a police report has been lodged by the institute against the `representative' who allegedly duped the students with false promises.

It was reported in the Borneo Bulletin recently that according to the students a `representative' from the private institute came to Nepal and Bangladesh to promote several courses that were being offered.

These students came here thinking they would be taking Bachelors and Masters programmes at the institute only to find that there were no such courses available.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has come forward to mediate between the students and the institute involved to find a solution or agreement to solve this matter.

The involvement of the MoE in acting as mediator is seen as an important move to ensure that the students will get a fairer hearing.

There have been reports that the institute had ignored the demands of the students for a refund.

The damage has been done and now something must be done before it gets out of hand, observers noted.

Students that were called yesterday, however, said that there was still no agreement reached except that they would be submitting a list of demands to the institute to counter the lists given by the institute to them.

The institute concerned said that the plight of all the Bangladeshi and Nepalese students has been given due consideration and a solution will be offered to each and every student concerned in due course to settle their problems in an amicable manner.

The press statement also stated that the management was not aware of the statement as reported in March 11's publication of the Borneo Bulletin which said that "they (the management) could not make any comment because the matter was the Ministry of Education's problem".

The statement continued to say that it was the problem of the institute and not the Ministry of Education. The institute expressed their regret and apologies to the Ministry of Education for any inconvenience caused by the said alleged statement.

The Borneo Bulletin, however, stands by the statement given to it on March 9 around 3 pm by a female purportedly from the management of the institute.

The statement went on to say that it is hoped that a fair and reasonable settlement could be reached shortly between the institute and the students.

According to the other students, the students from Bangladesh would be returning to Dhaka tomorrow as the institute had cancelled their student visas.

It is not known whether any settlement has been reached with the seven Bangladeshi students except that one-way tickets back to their home country have been paid for by the institute. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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