Local Government Minister Tajul Islam speaks at a workshop on ‘Green Bond Opportunity for Municipal and Industrial Waste Water Management’ at Hotel Radisson Blu in the city on Monday. NN photo

Teachers’ shortage impeding primary education

TEACHERS’ shortage in primary schools is creating big setback to our education system at the lower tier overshadowing the preparedness of students in subsequent stages. Media reports said over 21,000 posts of head teachers, 32,000 assistant head teachers and 53,000 staff teachers in government-run primary schools are now vacant just to show how indifferent are the authorities concerned to properly run our primary schools. The shortage of teachers is forcing existing teaching staff to become overstretch to take more classes...

10 Sep 2017, 12:00 am