Pry teachers to lay siege to Prodhanmantri Bhaban on Eid day
Bdnews, Dhaka
Bangladesh Non-government Primary Teachers' Association will lay siege to the Prodhanmantri Bhaban and stage a sit-in on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr to press home its demand for nationalisation of their service.The association leaders said they will stage the demonstration after the Eid congregation at Muktangan at 11:00am. The association is now circulating posters with a photograph showing the then opposition leader Khaleda Zia, HM Ershad, Golam Azam and Maulana Azizul Haque at a rally at Osmani Udyan on September 10 in 2000 where they supported the demand of the teachers. The poster also features the pledge of four-party alliance to nationalise the jobs of teachers in their election manifesto in 2001. Association President Akkas Ali told the BDNEWS that the alliance government has turned a blind eye to its pledges. This government has done nothing for them, he added. Replying to a query, he said that no action programme will be declared soon in view of the Saarc summit and school final examinations. A total of 75,782 teachers are working at 37,000 primary schools across the country. At present, the non-government schoolteachers receive 90 percent of their salaries from the government.
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