Fastest growing digital financial service of the country ‘Nagad’, an initiative of Directorate of Posts, has made the arrangements to pay the application fees and registration fees sitting at home to facilitate the admission process of class XI students in the college, says a press release.
A fee of Tk 150 is being paid through ‘Nagad’ after applying online for the admission in class XI, started on August 9. From the very beginning, there has been a huge response to the payment of fees through ‘Nagad’.
Fees can be easily paid using the ‘Nagad’ mobile application, USSD or through ‘Nagad’ entrepreneurs. With this service ‘Nagad’ made it possible for everyone to stay healthy and safe in order to comply with the health rules announced by the government in times of pandemic like COVID-19.
As of noon on Wednesday, fees have been paid against 1,70,364 applications through ‘Nagad’ wallets and another 28,364 through entrepreneurs.
After the application processing, when the registration starts from August 26, registration fees of Tk 200 also can be paid through 'Nagad’. However, at the time of registration or confirmation, admitted students will have to pay Tk 2.50 for service charge along with Tk 200.
This year all the education boards of the country have arranged the students’ admission in class XI through online. So aspirants’ students will have to browse to the link http://www.xiclassadmission.gov.bd and apply with proper information.
Application fee payment process using app:
For the fees payment through ‘Nagad’ mobile application, students will have to tap the ‘Bill Pay’ option of the app, then tap the XI Class Admission option, enter roll number, name of board, passing year and a mobile number for communication. Then verify all the information again and tap the NEXT button. In the next step, enter the PIN number of the wallet and tap it. If the payment is completed successfully, users will receive a confirmation SMS.
Application fee payment process using the USSD:
The customer will dial *167# and a menu will appear on the screen from where ‘Bill Pay’ needs to be select by pressing the menu number 5. In the third step, another new menu will appear and users have to select the `Education’ at number 6. By selecting 2 or XI Class Admission in the fourth step students’ needs enter roll number, board, passing year and a mobile number for further communication. And the government fixed amount Tk 150 will have to pay by entering the ‘Nagad’ PIN number. After completing the process, users will get a confirmation SMS.
In case of any challenge regarding payment, users can dial 16167 for the assistance of ‘Nagad.’
According to the schedule, the first phase of online application for admission will continue till August 20. The results of the admission in the first phase will be released on August 25. Registration will be continued by August 26 to 30 for the first phase.
The entire ‘Nagad’ family is proud to be a part of the online Class XI admission process, said Tanvir Ahmed Mishuk, Managing Director of the company.
He said ‘Nagad has always been working to make digital services accessible to everyone. That is why ‘Nagad’ has always played a pioneering role in getting involved with all the wellbeing activities that are helpful to the society and the county. Accepting the digital payment process will be a milestone of the college admission which will also ensure the safety and security of infected with the virus of COVID-19. At the same time this initiative will also play a major role in the digitization of the financial sector in the future.”
Although the journey of ‘Nagad’ has started only a year and a half ago, it has already come up with groundbreaking services in the field of digital transactions. Tuition fees are now being paid easily in various educational institutions through ‘Nagad.’ Moreover, ‘Nagad’ has been established as the main choice of customers for paying bills of various public services including the internet and paying shopping bills.