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Primary teachers end strike after govt assurance
Greenwatch Desk
Nation
2025-11-09, 11:22pm
Leaders of primary school teachers have called off their work abstention following assurances from the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education that their demands will be communicated to the Finance Ministry and resolved as soon as possible.
The decision was announced by the ministry on Sunday (Nov 9).
A meeting was held between senior officials of the ministry and leaders of the Primary Teachers’ Demand Implementation Council and the Primary Assistant Teachers’ Unity Council, where the teachers’ demands were discussed in detail.
Abu Taher Md Masud Rana, Secretary of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education chaired the meeting.
The key demands of the teachers include: upgrading the pay scale of assistant teachers from grade 13 to grade 10, resolving complications regarding higher grades after 10 and 16 years of service, and ensuring 100% departmental promotion from assistant teacher to head teacher, reports UNB.