Pay scale upgradation: Pry teachers go on hunger strike

Assistant teachers of the government primary schools on Saturday have gone on fast-unto-death demanding 11th grade at the central Shaheed Minar in the capital.

On December 9, they threatened to go on fast-unto-death from December 23 if their jobs were not upgraded from 14th grade to 11th grade in the eighth national pay scale by December 22.

Bangladesh Primary Assistant Teachers Great Alliance organized the strike at 10am.

The agitated teachers said: “If the headmasters get salary as per 10th grade, the assistant teachers deserve 11th grade. The government can dismiss such discrimination accepting the assistant teachers’ demand.”

In 2015, government increased the salary of assistant teacher from Tk 5,200 to Tk 10,200 as per the 14th grade at 8th national pay scale.