Govt considering varsity teachers� demand: Nahid
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said the government is positively considering the demand of public university teachers for an independent pay scale for them. Our government is positively considering the demand so that the dignity and status of the public university teachers are not hampered, he said while talking to reporters after a meeting with a delegation of the Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers Association (FBUTA) at his Hare Road residence.
Mentioning that the cabinet committee on elimination of salary discrimination, headed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith, will sit in a meeting on Sunday over the issue, Nahid hoped that the problems will be resolved soon. He also urged the teachers to carry on regular educational activities like classes and examinations at their respective universities. Earlier, FBUTA president Prof Farid Uddin Ahmed and its secretary general Prof Dr ASM Maksud Kamal held the meeting with the minister. On September 7, the Cabinet approved the new pay scale for public servants raising the monthly basic salary of the Grade 1 public officials to Tk 78,000 (fixed) while the basic pay of Grade 20 employees at Tk 8,250. The public university teachers have been on a movement seeking an independent pay scale for them terming the 8th national pay scale a discriminatory one.
