Budget 2005-06
Non-govt teachers demand 100 pc govt salary
Staff Correspondent
Teachers of the non-government schools and colleges yesterday said they would hold a national convention unless the government meet their 17-point demands, including nationalisation of their jobs.Leaders of Bangladesh Shikkhak- Karmachary Oikkay Parishad yesterday demanded allocation for 100 percent government salary as well as 30 percent dearness allowance in the upcoming budget. They said these at a press conference at the Reporters Unity in the city. Over 2000 teachers and employees of different non-government schools and colleges lost their jobs without any logical causes, some teachers and employees did not even receive their salaries for the last eight months, they alleged. They also urged the government to stop all kinds of repression on them and take effective steps to meet their demands. "We did not yet go for tougher agitation for the welfare of the students, but we will be left with no other choices unless the government meet our demands this time," said Prof MA Awal Siddiki, president of Bangladesh Shikkhak Samity while reading out the keynote paper. Among others, Dr M Akhtaruzzaman, Pradib Chakrabarty, Prof Shahahahan Alam Saju, Abu Bakar Siddique, Prof AA Bari and Shamoli Nasrin Chowdhury were present on the occasion.
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