City Desk :
More than 700 teachers of government primary schools at a human-chain put forward a seven-point demand for removing their existing disparities in the national pay scale.
They demanded re-fixing the pay scale of headmaster and assistant teachers to 10th (Taka 16,000) and 11th (Taka 12,500) grades respectively in the eighth national pay scale.
Their demand also included taking immediate measures for filling up the vacant posts of head teachers for a smooth operation of the school activities.
District committee of Bangladesh Primary Teachers Samity (BPTS) organized the programme on Thursday in front of Primary Teachers Institute in Rajshahi. BPTS Local unit leaders Ayub Ali, Abdul Khaleque Sarker, Shahidul Alam, Abdus Samad, Abdur Razzaque and Shahadat Siddiqui spoke on the occasion.
After the meeting, they also submitted a memorandum containing the demands to the prime minister through deputy commissioner.
More than 700 teachers of government primary schools at a human-chain put forward a seven-point demand for removing their existing disparities in the national pay scale.
They demanded re-fixing the pay scale of headmaster and assistant teachers to 10th (Taka 16,000) and 11th (Taka 12,500) grades respectively in the eighth national pay scale.
Their demand also included taking immediate measures for filling up the vacant posts of head teachers for a smooth operation of the school activities.
District committee of Bangladesh Primary Teachers Samity (BPTS) organized the programme on Thursday in front of Primary Teachers Institute in Rajshahi. BPTS Local unit leaders Ayub Ali, Abdul Khaleque Sarker, Shahidul Alam, Abdus Samad, Abdur Razzaque and Shahadat Siddiqui spoke on the occasion.
After the meeting, they also submitted a memorandum containing the demands to the prime minister through deputy commissioner.
