Community pry teachers begin hunger strike
Staff Correspondent
Community primary school teachers wearing shroud yesterday began an indefinite hunger strike at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital demanding hundred percent salary of the national pay scale. Under the banner of Bangladesh Community Primary Teachers' Association, around one hundred teachers from different remote areas of the country are taking part in the hunger strike. Association President Habibul Ahsan Bablu said they will continue their strike until their demands are met. "We teach the underprivileged children in remote areas while our children are being deprived of education as it is impossible to maintain our family with only Tk 750," he said while speaking at the Central Shaheed Minar. Leaders of the community primary teachers also submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to press their demands that included equal opportunities enjoyed by the teachers of the registered non-government primary schools. There are about 100,000 teachers in 3,500 registered non-government primary schools and around 13,000 teachers in 3,778 community primary schools across the country.
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Wearing shrouds, members of the Community Primary School Teachers Association stage a demonstration at the Central Shaheed Minar in the city yesterday demanding nationalisation of their jobs. PHOTO: STAR |
