Staff Reporter :
The teachers of non-government schools, colleges, madrasas and technical institutions called off hunger strike unto death on the sixth day on Friday after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assured them of bringing under Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme.
Additional Secretary Sajjadul Hasan, PS-1 to PM, remitted the assurance message of the PM to the teachers agitating in front of the Jatiya Press Club.
He said that details would be briefed soon.
President of Non-MPO Educational Institutions’ Teachers and Employees Federation Golam Mahmudunnabi told The New Nation with optimism that the PM’s assurance would be effective soon. They depended on the PM only.
“I congratulate the PM for her benevolence and showing respect to the teachers. I also hope that the process to bring the non-MPO teachers under MPO scheme will begin as early as possible,” he said.
The teachers said that they have been waiting for MPO for long.
It was their one of the happiest moment in life.
Earlier on Tuesday, the agitating teachers and the employees of non-MPO educational institutions rejected outright the education minister’s assurance of bringing their institutions under MPO after discussion with different quarters.
About one hundred teachers fell sick till yesterday who were under treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The teachers took recourse to their protest with hunger strike on December 31, as their sit-in on the street in front of National Press Club from December 26 failed to melt ice.
There are about 80,000 teachers in 5,000 non-government schools, colleges and technical institutions outside the purview of MPO.
Currently, more than four lakh teachers and employees of above 26,340 secondary schools, colleges, madrasas, and technical institutes are receiving MPO facilities.
The teachers of non-government schools, colleges, madrasas and technical institutions called off hunger strike unto death on the sixth day on Friday after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assured them of bringing under Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme.
Additional Secretary Sajjadul Hasan, PS-1 to PM, remitted the assurance message of the PM to the teachers agitating in front of the Jatiya Press Club.
He said that details would be briefed soon.
President of Non-MPO Educational Institutions’ Teachers and Employees Federation Golam Mahmudunnabi told The New Nation with optimism that the PM’s assurance would be effective soon. They depended on the PM only.
“I congratulate the PM for her benevolence and showing respect to the teachers. I also hope that the process to bring the non-MPO teachers under MPO scheme will begin as early as possible,” he said.
The teachers said that they have been waiting for MPO for long.
It was their one of the happiest moment in life.
Earlier on Tuesday, the agitating teachers and the employees of non-MPO educational institutions rejected outright the education minister’s assurance of bringing their institutions under MPO after discussion with different quarters.
About one hundred teachers fell sick till yesterday who were under treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The teachers took recourse to their protest with hunger strike on December 31, as their sit-in on the street in front of National Press Club from December 26 failed to melt ice.
There are about 80,000 teachers in 5,000 non-government schools, colleges and technical institutions outside the purview of MPO.
Currently, more than four lakh teachers and employees of above 26,340 secondary schools, colleges, madrasas, and technical institutes are receiving MPO facilities.
