Staff Reporter :
Teachers of public universities observed three-hour work abstention all over the country demanding a separate pay scale and review of the proposed 8th National Pay Scale on Sunday.
The teachers of all the 37 public universities also threatened to go for “tougher programmes” if their demands were not met.
They have decided to boycott classes for three hours every Sunday of this month to press home their demand.
They demanded that selection-grade professors
be paid the same salary, allowance, benefits and status as senior-level secretaries.
The current salary structure puts university teachers in the same grade with the secretaries and major generals, but the proposed one lowers the pay of the teachers three to four tiers below them.
In Dhaka University, teachers started a signature campaign from 10:00am at Teachers’ Club which was endorsed by 500 supporters in three hours.
“We will submit the signatures to the ministry concerned to press our demand,” said Maksud Kamal, Secretary General of Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers’ Association.
“We will refrain from taking classes but examination will remain out of purview of the programme,” he said.
Teachers of Rajshahi University also began a signature campaign in the morning in front of its Senate Building.
Rajshahi University Teachers Association President Professor Ananda Kumar Saha warned they were planning continuous ‘no work’ if the demands are not met.
“If no progress is made in tomorrow’s cabinet meeting about our pay-scale, then we will abstain from work for the whole day on Sunday, Aug 23.”
The government said that the new pay scale will be effective from July 1 this year, but it’s yet to be finalized, he said.
Earlier, vice-chancellors of these public universities had warned Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid of instability among teachers over the pay scale.
Teachers of public universities observed three-hour work abstention all over the country demanding a separate pay scale and review of the proposed 8th National Pay Scale on Sunday.
The teachers of all the 37 public universities also threatened to go for “tougher programmes” if their demands were not met.
They have decided to boycott classes for three hours every Sunday of this month to press home their demand.
They demanded that selection-grade professors
be paid the same salary, allowance, benefits and status as senior-level secretaries.
The current salary structure puts university teachers in the same grade with the secretaries and major generals, but the proposed one lowers the pay of the teachers three to four tiers below them.
In Dhaka University, teachers started a signature campaign from 10:00am at Teachers’ Club which was endorsed by 500 supporters in three hours.
“We will submit the signatures to the ministry concerned to press our demand,” said Maksud Kamal, Secretary General of Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers’ Association.
“We will refrain from taking classes but examination will remain out of purview of the programme,” he said.
Teachers of Rajshahi University also began a signature campaign in the morning in front of its Senate Building.
Rajshahi University Teachers Association President Professor Ananda Kumar Saha warned they were planning continuous ‘no work’ if the demands are not met.
“If no progress is made in tomorrow’s cabinet meeting about our pay-scale, then we will abstain from work for the whole day on Sunday, Aug 23.”
The government said that the new pay scale will be effective from July 1 this year, but it’s yet to be finalized, he said.
Earlier, vice-chancellors of these public universities had warned Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid of instability among teachers over the pay scale.
