PM to meet striking teachers Monday

Published: 17 January 2016, 01:29 PM
PM to meet striking teachers Monday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will meet the public university striking teachers on Monday at 4:30pm at Ganabhaban.

PM`s Deputy Press Secretary Ashraful Alam Khokan and Dr ASM Maksud Kamal, secretary general of the Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers` Association (FBUTA) confirmed the matter to JagoNews24.com.

Dr. ASM Maksud said, Prime Minister invites us to meet her at 4:30pm on Monday at Ganabhaban. Executive committee members of the university and federation members will attend the meeting.

Teachers of all 37 public universities of the country have been protesting the eighth national pay scale since May last year and pressing for a four-point charter of demands, including formation of a commission to initiate an independent pay scale for them.