Pay scale for Ibtedai madrasa teachers demanded
Teachers of independent Ibtedai (primary level) madrasa yesterday urged the government to expedite announcing national pay scale for them.
They made the call while speaking at a meeting at the Jatiya Press Club organised by the Bangladesh Independent Ibtedai Madrassa Teachers' Association.
In April 2011, the government had assured them of paying as per national pay scale but it had not announced it, said Kazi Ruhul Amin Chowdhury, chairman of the association.
The speakers said madrasa teachers were mostly from lower-middle class families and it was difficult to survive for them without being paid on par with regularised primary school teachers.
They also urged the government to pay attention to the poor infrastructure of the madrasas as most of them were either makeshift or poorly constructed.
“The government should also train up the teachers as they are mentoring madrasa students up to grade V who later continue studying at secondary level education at high schools or madrasas,” he added.
Secretary general of the association, Mokhlesur Rahman, told The Daily Star that at least five teachers worked at each of the 6,882 government-registered Ibtedai madrasas where more than 17 lakh students studied up to grade V.
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