Teachers place six-point demand including pay protection
Only 42 schools have received pay protection, with another five schools and colleges instructed to provide it. The rest remain excluded, leaving teachers discriminated against
Teachers from nationalised government secondary and higher secondary schools have issued a six-point demand, which includes seeking amendments to the Absorption Rules, 2024, and demanding pay protection.
At a press conference organised by the Government Secondary Assistant Teachers' Council at the Dhaka Reporters Unity this morning (20 September), the teachers said inconsistencies in the regulations had created discrimination among them and urged the government to ensure their rights.
Council president Siddiq Ahmed said that although the rules were formulated in 2024 following a long-standing demand from teachers, disparities remain.
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"In particular, there is discrimination in salary fixation between teachers who were nationalised on the same memorandum and date and those who were given ad-hoc appointments," he said.
He noted that 363 secondary schools have so far been nationalised, most of whose teachers were appointed on an ad-hoc basis.
Of these, only 42 schools have received pay protection, with another five schools and colleges instructed to provide it. The rest remain excluded, leaving teachers discriminated against.
Siddiq also pointed out that while teachers in both government and private schools enjoy transfer facilities, the right to transfer for teachers of nationalised schools was cancelled under Article 13 of the Absorption Rules 2024.
He further said the absence of an assistant teacher (technical) post in government secondary schools would hinder the expansion of technical education in future.
Presenting the six-point demand, acting secretary of the organisation Aminul Islam said the teachers wanted:
- Amendment of Article 10 of the Absorption Rules 2024 to ensure pay protection.
- Determination of salaries, allowances, and promotions based on effective service years.
- Cancellation of Article 13 to restore transfer opportunities.
- Inclusion of assimilated teachers in the gradation list based on effective service years.
- Inclusion of the assistant teacher (technical) position in the manpower structure of government secondary schools and abolition of the block post system.
- Cancellation of Article 5(3), which they said is discriminatory.
