Education Adviser CR Abrar on Sunday expressed hope that the protesting the MPO-listed teachers will return to classrooms following the government’s announcement of a 5% house rent allowance based on their basic salary.
“The Ministry of Education has always tried to safeguard the interests of teachers. And in that continuity the progress regarding house rent has been made,” he said while talking to reporters at the Secretariat.
“I believe academic activities have resumed in many areas and we expect it will fully normalise,” said the adviser.
Govt approves 5pc house rent for MPO teachers
The teachers and staff of non-government educational institutions under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme have been staging demonstrations across the country for the past several weeks, demanding a 20 percent house rent allowance based on their basic salary, a medical allowance of Tk 1,500 for both teachers and staff and an increase in the festival allowance for employees to 75 percent.
Earlier in the day, the Finance Ministry issued an order approving a 5% house rent allowance (minimum Tk 2,000) for MPO-listed teachers and staff of non-government educational institutions, taking into account the limitations of the current national budget.
The new allowance will be effective from November.
However, protesting teachers have rejected the 5% allowance and declared they will continue their hunger strike and other protest programmes until their full demands are met.