Newly recruited primary teachers demand postings by 11 Oct, threaten sit-ins
Teachers claim repeated delays have affected 14,384 selected candidates.
Newly recruited government primary school assistant teachers have demanded postings by 11 October, threatening indefinite sit-ins outside district education offices if their demand is not met.
The Assistant Teacher Recruitment-2025 Batch announced the programmes in a press release today (8 October), protesting repeated changes to posting dates.
According to the release, a Ministry of Primary and Mass Education order issued on 2 August had set 1 October for joining and 4 October for postings. The Directorate of Primary Education later moved the posting date to 11 October and introduced a five-day orientation programme.
Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel
The teachers said they had completed the training, with closing ceremonies and certificate distribution already held in several districts. However, School Branch-2 subsequently extended the training period and postponed postings until 18 October, they said.
The teachers questioned why the authorities had repeatedly changed the posting dates and extended the training period despite its completion in several districts.
They also alleged mismanagement during orientation, claiming there was no government allocation for the training and most centres lacked adequate food arrangements. Many trainees had to bear their own expenses, they said.
The group claimed that teachers in Sunamganj, Habiganj, Magura and several other districts had already received postings, questioning why others from the same batch continued to face delays.
The teachers alleged that poor coordination among the authorities had caused suffering for 14,384 candidates selected under the recruitment process.
They said they had waited nearly eight months since their selection and had staged demonstrations at Shahbagh and the Directorate of Primary Education on three occasions to press for completion of the recruitment process.
Protest programmes announced
The teachers announced a boycott of orientation training across upazilas in 61 districts today.
They will also hold a human chain and demonstration outside the Directorate of Primary Education at 2pm tomorrow.
If postings are not ensured, they will begin indefinite sit-ins outside their respective district education offices from 10am on Sunday.
The group said the protests were not politically motivated but aimed at securing the right of newly recruited teachers to join their assigned workplaces.
The teachers said they had already completed the recruitment, joining and training processes and now wanted to begin teaching at their assigned schools.
They reiterated their demand for immediate postings, saying further delays would force them to intensify their peaceful protests.
