2,000 vacant posts of teachers with secondary schools: Nahid

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid today said some 2,000 subject-wise posts of teachers are lying vacant with secondary schools across the country.

"A process is underway for recruiting teachers against the vacant posts with the secondary schools," he said replying to a tabled question from treasury bench member M Abdul Latif of Chittagong-11 in the Jatiya Sangsad.

The government would appoint teachers against the vacant post for the subjects of Bangla, English, Mathematics, Social Science, religion of Islam, Geography, Physical Science, Zoology, Commerce, Physical Education, Fine Arts and Agriculture Education, Nahid said.

Replying to another question from treasury bench member Begum Pinu Khan, the minister said the government has a plan to establish general or specialized universities in every district through public-private initiatives to provide higher education to students.

He said the cabinet has approved a draft law for setting up two public universities in the country. The universities are Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Science and Technology University and Sheikh Hasina University, he added.

Nahid informed the parliament that the country has as many as 39 pubic and 95 private universities.

Source: BSS