Birganj primary teachers demand promotion to 10th grade

Primary teachers of Birganj upazila in Dinajpur district staged a human chain demanding the elevation of primary assistant teachers to the 10th grade.

Upazila Govt Primary School Assistant Teachers' Association organized the human chain beside Dhaka-Panchagar highway on Monday.

Asaduzzaman Babu, convener of the association, presided over the program while Md Abul Kashem, member secretary of the association, and assistant teachers Md Shariful Islam, Abdullah Bari and Gulshanara Borsha, among others, spoke on the occasion.

While addressing the human chain, teachers they spoke about their agonies to bear the expenses of their families with salaries of the 13th grade.
They demanded an immediate move from the current interim government to put end to this discrimination.

A large number of assistant teachers from 237 government primary schools took part in the human chain.

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