THIS is disheartening that the primary and mass education ministry has rescinded the newly established positions for music and physical training teachers in government primary schools. The decision, effected by changing the Government Primary School Teacher Recruitment Rules 2025, represents not merely a bureaucratic adjustment but a stark affront to the rights and...
The percentage and number of trained teachers in secondary schools and secondary to tertiary madrassahs have decreased over the years while the numbers of students and institutions have increased.
The assistant teachers of government primary schools on Saturday threatened to resume their movement if their demands for pay rise and promotion were not met by November 15.
Several hundred teachers and employees of different nationalised colleges across the country are receiving much-lower-than-expected retirement benefits due to the 2018 rules.
Police dispersed ibtedayi madrassah teachers using water cannon and hurling sound grenades to them on Wednesday in the capital Dhaka as they tried to march towards the Bangladesh Secretariat demanding nationalisation of the ibtedayi madrassahs.
BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Saturday said that the party would create posts for religious teachers in the country鈥檚 primary schools if voted to power...
THE education system, conventionally regarded as the foundational pillar of the nation, now stands fragile and neglected. Consequently, the teachers, architects of this system, have been relegated to a class characterised by deprivation and lack of rights. In stark opposition to the legitimate, distressed pleas of this profession, the state has manifested a leviathan character...
THIS is a good piece of news that the non-government teachers listed on the monthly pay order scheme, who had demonstrated for 10 days, beginning on October 12, to push for an increased house rent in percentage of their basic pay, have returned to classrooms after the government increased their house rent. The teachers, who demanded 20 per cent of their basic...
After 10 days of protests, the non-government teachers and employees on the monthly pay order scheme are scheduled to return to their workplaces today after the government has conceded their main demand for house rent increase...
The number of English and mathematics teachers at the secondary-level educational institutions in the country decreased in the past 13 years amid the students鈥� poor show in these two subjects in different public examinations...
Non-government teachers and employees on the monthly pay order scheme on Sunday continued their protest for the seventh day running, rejecting the government measure for increasing their house rent allowance.
Non-government teachers and employees on the monthly pay order scheme continued their hunger strike at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka for the second consecutive day on Saturday, demanding a pay increase...
Teachers and employees under the government鈥檚 monthly pay order system on the sixth day of their protests on Friday began an indefinite hunger strike as their demand for pay rise remained unfulfilled.
Teachers and employees under the government鈥檚 monthly pay order system on Thursday announced an indefinite hunger strike from 2:00pm today, if their demands to hike their pay were not fulfilled by the time.
Teachers and employees under the government鈥檚 monthly pay order (MPO) system on Thursday gave the government an ultimatum till 5:00pm the same day to meet their demands, including a 20 per cent increase in house rent allowance.
Teachers and employees under the government鈥檚 monthly pay order system on Wednesday announced that they would march to the chief adviser鈥檚 official residence Jamuna in the capital Dhaka today to press for their one-point demand for nationalisation of their jobs.
The teachers and employees under the government鈥檚 monthly pay order system on Tuesday announced that they would block the capital鈥檚 Shahbagh crossing area at 12:00 noon today if the government failed to meet their demands for pay hike by that time.
Teachers of the secondary-level schools under the government monthly pay order system have taken to the streets again as their demand for pay hike has remained unmet for long.
Public college teachers announced class boycott for today at all government colleges, protesting at the alleged attack on some teachers of Dhaka College by their students on its campus on Monday.
Teachers of the secondary-level schools under the government monthly pay order system on Sunday threatened to go for countrywide work abstention for an indefinite period and a non-stop sit-in in the capital Dhaka from today, demanding pay hike.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday said that his party, in principle, supported teachers鈥� legitimate demands for job nationalisation and the inclusion of more schools under the monthly pay order scheme...
On the occasion of World Teachers鈥� Day, Uttara University organised a seminar and an award ceremony to honour the contributions of its distinguished faculty members at the university in Dhaka on Monday...
The interim government is likely to revise the national budget for the 2025-26 financial year in December to accommodate a possible increase in salaries of government officials and a rise in perks for teachers under the monthly payment order.
THE world pauses to mark World Teachers鈥� Day every October 5. Bangladesh joins the global community in honouring educators, reflecting on their evolving role in society, and recognising their enduring contribution to shaping the minds of future generations. The theme for 2025, 鈥楻ecasting teaching as a collaborative profession,鈥� underscores the urgent need...
Assistant teachers at government primary schools across the country will now be eligible for higher pay grades upon completion of 10 and 16 years in service.
Police foiled the non-government primary school teachers鈥� march towards the chief adviser鈥檚 official residence Jamuna by firing sound grenades and spraying water on the protesting teachers in the capital Dhaka on Monday.
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University held the orientation ceremony for freshers of the 2024鈥�25 academic year at the university鈥檚 Teachers-Students Centre Complex in Dhaka on Monday...
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...
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...
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...
