Pry asstt teachers warn of hunger strike from Sep 26
The protesting assistant teachers of government primary schools have threatened to go on hunger strike from September 26 if their demands for pay rise and promotion are not met.
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GAU holds teacher-student dialogue
A student-faculty dialogue was organised by the faculty of forestry and environment at Gazipur Agricultural University was held on the GAU campus on Thursday...
Govt should attend to demands of MPO teachers early
TEACHERS of colleges and secondary schools under the monthly pay order scheme once again pushing for their demands for a salary increase and the introduction of a general transfer system highlights the delay in government response to a crisis that has persisted for far too long. The teachers on August 13 gave the government an ultimatum until September 13 to meet...
MPO teachers issue ultimatum for pay hike
Teachers of the colleges and secondary-level schools under the monthly pay order system on Wednesday gave the government ultimatum till September 13 to publish circular meeting their demands for pay hike and the introduction of a general transfer system for all teachers...
Rethinking teacher accountability
IN MANY educational systems today, well-meaning efforts to ensure teacher accountability have become narrowly preoccupied with measurable indicators 鈥� attendance, lesson delivery, syllabus coverage. While structure and discipline have their place, such emphasis on compliance risks diverting attention from the real objective: student learning. A teacher might adhere...
English medium schools:聽No govt check on foreign teachers, staff
The government has no monitoring on the foreign teachers or officials working at different English medium schools in the country.
University Teachers Link launched
A platform titled University Teachers Link was launched on Saturday, aiming to uphold the dignity of teachers at the country鈥檚 public and private universities and advance the spirit of the July-August 2024 mass uprising...
Teacher shortage in govt primary schools unacceptable
ABOUT half of government primary schools running without headteachers highlights the sheer neglect that primary education continues to suffer. Official records show that the position of headteacher is vacant in 32,000 schools. According to the 2023 Annual Primary School Census, there are 65,567 government primary schools, which means that 48.8 per cent of the schools...
Half of govt pry schools across Bangladesh without head teachers
Almost half of the government primary schools across the country are running without the head teachers, causing grave concern among academicians and researchers who fear that the situation is harming both the academic environment and overall management...
DU White Panel teachers demand trial of fellow Hasina collaborators
Dhaka University teachers, belonging to the pro-Bangladesh Nationalist Party White Panel, on Sunday demanded trial of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her collaborators among fellow teachers for their role in crackdown on students during the July uprising...
New directive issued for police verification
The education ministry on Wednesday gave new directive for police verification in appointing teachers at entry level in the non-government educational institutions...
Ministry instructs upgrading position of 45 headteachers to 10th grade
The primary and mass education ministry has instructed the primary education directorate to upgrade the position of 45 headteachers to 10th grade of the national pay scale...
Univ Teachers鈥� Network announces anniversary progs
The University Teachers鈥� Network on Wednesday announced month-long programmes to mark the first anniversary of the student-mass uprising that toppled the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on August 5, 2024...
Head teacher tied to pole, assaulted over land dispute
The police on Monday arrested two people for their alleged involvement in assaulting a headmaster of a school by tying him to a pole over a land dispute in the Dastidar Bazar area under Satkania upazila in Chattogram...
IU expels teacher over misconduct
The authorities of Islamic University have permanently expelled a teacher, Hafizul Islam, for misconduct after several allegations, including sexual harassment, homosexual misconduct, and abuse of students, were found to be true...
DU seeks info on irregularities in teachers鈥� recruitment, promotion
Authorities of the University of Dhaka on Thursday called for information and evidence regarding any irregularities in teacher recruitment and promotion that might have occurred between 2009 and August 2024 under the regime of the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
87,000 applications of MPO teachers, employees pending
The backlog of retirement benefits release for teachers and employees of educational institutions under the monthly pay order scheme is increasing during the interim government鈥檚 tenure...
Failed candidates demand resignation of NTRCA chair
A section of protesters of about 20,000 unsuccessful candidates of the latest non-government teacher鈥檚 registration examinations on Tuesday demanded resignation of the Non-Government Teachers鈥� Registration and Certification Authority chairman...
20,000 failed candidates seek registration
About 20,000 unsuccessful candidates under the latest non-government teacher鈥檚 registration examinations on Sunday urged the authorities concerned to pass them all and give them certificates...
Pry teachers suspend strike till June 25
The protesting assistant teachers of government primary schools in the country on Thursday suspended their full-day work abstention till June 25 after the authorities assured the teachers of meeting their demands for pay rise and promotion.
Pry teachers continue full-day strike
Assistant teachers of different government primary schools across the country continued their indefinite whole-day strike for the second day running on Tuesday, pressing for an increase in the entry-level pay scale as well as promotion...
Female teacher killed in land dispute attack
A female teacher was killed and three others injured in an attack over a land dispute in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar Monday morning...
Pry teachers to go for full-day work abstention from Monday
Assistant teachers of the government primary schools will begin a countrywide full-day work abstention from Monday, demanding upgrading the entry-level pay scale and promotion.
Work abstention by pry, MPO teachers observed sporadically
The separate countrywide half-day work abstention programme by assistant teachers of the government primary schools and teachers of secondary-level schools under the monthly pay order system was observed sporadically on Thursday demanding pay hike and protesting at attacks on teachers...
Women quota in non-govt teacher recruitment abolished
The education ministry abolished the women quota in the teacher recruitment for the secondary-level schools and colleges under the monthly pay order system...
Demand for degrees without assessment is atrocious
ANY assault on teachers is unacceptable as it happened when students of the National University attacked the vice-chancellor on May 21. And, further unacceptable is the reason that prompted the event as the students on the day assaulted the teacher, soon after he had got off his car at the administrative building on the university campus in Gazipur, demanding...
Expulsion of teacher, student demanded over sexual misconduct
Students of the finance department at Rajshahi University on Wednesday demanded the permanent expulsion of associate professor Mohammad Hedayet Ullah and a female student of the department over allegations of sexual misconduct...
Pry teachers start half-day strike for pay hike
The assistant teachers of the government primary schools on Wednesday began a countrywide half-day work abstention, demanding salary hike and promotion...
MPO teachers to besiege secretariat today
The teachers of the secondary-level schools under the monthly pay order system will lay siege to the Bangladesh Secretariat today, pressing for job nationalisation and pay hike which they demand to be met before coming Eid-ul-Azha.
Govt, teachers need to work in sync on academic atmosphere
ACADEMIC activities in institutions of tertiary education are yet to get back on a good footing as the atmosphere in the institutions still goes through hiccups that began in July 2024. It has already been more than 10 months since the universities began facing disruption in academic activities when public university teachers began abstaining from work in protest at...
