The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The Non government primary teachers will go for massive movement if the Government fails to fulfil their demands before the announcement of the national budget, said the leaders of Bangladesh Non Government Primary Teachers' Association at a pres conference at the auditorium of Bangladesh Photo Journalists Association yesterday.

They placed eight-point demand, which includes payment of full-scale honorarium for the headmasters, fixing of 40 per cent house rent of basic salary, increase in salary by 100 per cent instead of 95 per cent, introduction of annual increment and time scale, awarding higher scale to the assistant

teachers, suspension of the decision of re-examination of teachers who were recruited during 1974-1992 period, raising of festival allowance and payment of retirement allowance similar to the government primary teachers.

Addressing the press conference, Abdur Rahman Bacchu, Secretary General of the association said a team of 21 members of the association met with Reshada K Chowdhury, Adviser to the Primary and Mass Education Ministry to the Caretaker Government, on April 5 to talk about their problems. She assured the teachers to fulfil their demands. But she has not taken any initiative in this respect, he added.

Narir Uddin Ahmed, Acting President, Jalil Shikder, Vice-President, Sharbessar Saha, Treasurer of the association, also spoke at the press conference.