BNP will form commissions for teachers' financial security, education reform: Tarique
“We will form a high-level commission to positively consider enhancing teachers’ financial protection, ensuring job permanency, or even nationalising their employment depending on the state’s capacity,” he said.
If voted to power, the BNP will establish a commission to ensure the financial security of teachers, the party's acting chairman Tarique Rahman said today (7 October).
In addition, the BNP plans to form an education reform commission to modernise the country's education system, emphasising practical and technical education in line with ethical, religious, and social values, he said while virtually speaking at a teachers' rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka.
"We will form a high-level commission to positively consider enhancing teachers' financial protection, ensuring job permanency, or even nationalising their employment depending on the state's capacity," the BNP leader said.
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Tarique stressed that teachers' financial security and social dignity must be ensured to make the profession truly competitive.
"Teaching should never be seen as a last resort or an ordinary job. The BNP plans to make teaching the first career choice for the most talented individuals," he said.
Thousands of teachers and staff from across the country attended the rally organised by the Teachers and Employees Unity Council, which has been demanding nationalisation of jobs for recognised non-government teachers and employees, elimination of discrimination in the kindergarten system, and unconditional registration.
Reaffirming BNP's policy-level support for all just demands of teachers, Tarique said, "No matter how many reforms we undertake in governance or citizen development, without modernising the education system and ensuring teachers' socio-economic security, we cannot achieve our desired progress."
