United News of Bangladesh

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon on Thursday told Parliament that the government has started the recruitment process to fill the vacant posts of assistant teachers in government secondary schools. “Currently, there are a total of 2,842 vacant posts of assistant teacher in government secondary schools across the country,” he said replying to a tabled question from Khelafat Majlis lawmaker Mohammed Abul Hasan (Sylhet-5) in the House. Earlier, the question-and-answer session was tabled by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikram, immediately after the Thursday’s parliament session started at 3:00 pm. The education minister said a list of vacant posts has already been prepared in order to address the shortage of teachers in government secondary schools. The necessary information has been sent to the Ministry of Education for sending a proposal to the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) for recruitment, he said. “Through this an initiative has been taken to complete the recruitment process soon,” he added. On the other hand, to address the teacher shortage in non-government secondary schools and Alia Madradhsd, teacher recruitment process is ongoing by the Non-government Teacher Registration and Certification Authority. Through this, vacancies are being filled in phases, said Ehsanul Hoque. “So, by implementing the steps taken by the government, it will be possible to fill the vacancies in phases. Once the recruitment process is completed, the teacher shortage will be significantly reduced within a short period of time and the quality of education will improve,” he said. About the Madrashas, he said there are three government Alia Madrashas and 8,229 MPO-affiliated non-government Madrashas in the country. The number of vacant posts in government Alia Madrashas is 114, he said. In MPO-affiliated non-government Madrashas, there are 1,354 vacant posts of superintendent and 1,777 vacant posts of assistant superintendent. The process of filling these posts through NTRCA is ongoing, said the minister.