They were addressing a press conference organised by Jatiya Shikkhak Karmachari Front at its office in the city protesting repression on the teachers and students throughout the country.

The teachers said the government did not fulfil its electoral pledge of nationalising the jobs of the non-government primary school teachers.

They said if the government doesn't take necessary steps to stop repression on teachers and their illegal suspension, the front would ask the UN Human Rights Commission, Amnesty International and ILO to send representatives to observe the situation.

"A large scale politicisation is taking place in this sector. The law enforcers even tend to spoil the dignity of a teacher, "said the front President Kazi Farooq Ahmed while reading out the written speech.

Among others, Bangladesh College Shikkhak Samity General Secretary Prof Asadul Haque, Bangladesh Karigori College Shikkhak Samity President Principal MA Sattar, Bangladesh Shikkhak Shamity Acting General Secretary Khan Musharraf Hossain and Bangladesh College Karmachari Union President Mohammad Julfikar Ali Bhutto were also present at the press conference.