The Significant Teacher Coordination Council has demanded the elevation of main assistant academics to the tenth grade and 100 per cent departmental promotions to take care of discrimination.
Audio system highlighted these points throughout a press convention held on the Press Club on Friday (27 September), in step with an announcement.
In a written observation, Shahinur Akhtar, President of the National Significant Assistant Teachers Foundation, properly-known that the closing nationwide pay scale became once presented in 2015, throughout which main academics persisted to face discrimination. Over the final decade, rising living costs have left main academics struggling to take care of market costs. Guarantees of wage increases made throughout the tenure of old authoritarian governments have yet to be realized.
She said that the 2015 pay scale established 20 grades, with the most wage distinction between the 20th and 11th grades method at Tk800. Nonetheless, the hole between the tenth and 1st grades has been method at as much as Tk12,000, ensuing in no enchancment within the living requirements of thirteenth-grade assistant academics and 11th-grade head academics.
Shahinur Akhtar added that promotions to dart teacher positions, which were stalled since 2009, have yet to dart making an strive any development. Many main academics are retiring within the identical role they joined. Additionally, promotions for head academics were blocked as properly.
The observation additional talked about that the Ministry of Significant and Mass Education has proposed 12th-grade designation for assistant academics, 11th-grade for assistant head academics, and tenth-grade for head academics to alleviate disparities. The Significant Teacher Coordination Council has rejected this proposal, insisting on the query for tenth grade and 100% departmental promotions from the entry-stage role.
The following programmes had been presented:
A human chain and submission of a memorandum to the Chief Consultant thru the District Commissioner’s role of job on 3 October.
A human chain at key locations in divisional cities and submission of a memorandum to the Chief Consultant thru the Divisional Commissioner on 8 October.
If no predominant actions are taken by 17 October, a human chain on the National Press Club and submission of a memorandum to the Chief Consultant on 19 October, along with extra announcements regarding future programmes.
The click convention became once attended by properly-known figures including Md Aminul Haque, Gaziul Haque Chowdhury, Asma Khanam, Sabera Begum, Md Mojammel Hossain, Kamrul Hasan, Md Mizanur Rahman, Md Anwar Ullah, Promothesh Dutta, Md Anjarul Islam, Wayeis Chowdhury, TM Zakir Hossain, Gazi Salauddin, Robiul Awal, Shibaji Biswas, Md Jahangir, Ahsan Habib, and Md Masud, amongst others.
