It is heartening to know that we have less non-school going children in Bangladesh than Pakistan. This sort of news really enhances the image of our country. The contributions of the government as well as our teachers are behind this success. Nobody can deny that the present government has achieved enormous success in eliminating the tradition of copying (nokol) in exams. It means that the govt. has no lack of sincerity in promoting education in the country. Now my concern is that, despite the sincerity and willingness, why the government has not accepted the demand of a huge number of teachers of Ebtadya Madrassahs as well as community schools? It was in the election manifesto of the BNP that the salaries of these teachers would be increased. On the other hand, to increase the honorarium of MPs and ministers was not in the manifesto but they have increased it.The government should have increased the salary of these neglected teachers. It is immaterial whether they are teachers of non-government schools or madrassahs, the important point is that they are teachers. They are doing a good job; they are contributing significantly to the overall education of the country. Furthermore, this was the government which had encouraged setting up of community-schools, because every year, a large number of new children are seeking entry to primary schools. The government schools even by introducing double shifts are unable to enrol all of them.

Last of all, I would like to request the government to accept the demands of thousands of teachers. Otherwise, if they close their schools and madrassahs, its negative impact will undermine the education sector as whole. Moreover, the government would not be able to implement the slogan of Doha Declaration, i.e. "Education for all" by 2015.