Education of about 1.34 crore of students at new and old government primary schools are being hampered as 45,003 positions of teachers are lying vacant.
The vacancies have been a source of headache for many of the institutions for about five years, said teachers and education officials.
The shortages compel existing teachers to take additional classes which affects teaching quality, they said.
Schools in the upazila towns and rural areas are facing greater teacher shortage, said education officials.
Positions of 45003 teachers at the government primary school and newly nationalised schools are currently vacant, primary and mass education minister Mostafizur Rahman told parliament on Thursday.
‘Initiatives for the recruitment of teachers to fill the vacancies would be taken very soon,’ Mostafizur said replying to a question from ruling Awami League lawmaker Laila Arjuman Banu.
Of the 45,003 vacant positions, 17,615 are of the head teachers and 27,388 are of assistant teachers, he said.
Directorate of Primary Education officials said that there were 64,122 government and newly nationalised primary schools, where 3.43 lakh teachers were imparting education to 1.34 crore students.
According to the Mostafizur Rahman’s scripted answer and directorate officials, 5,315 of the 46,209 teaching posts in Rajshahi division, 4,596 of the 42,287 posts in Khulna, 11,378 of the 89,957 posts in Dhaka, 9,377 of the 64,623 posts in Chittagong, 4,698 of the 29,497 posts in Barisal, 4,224 of the 24,724 posts in Sylhet and 5,417 of the 45,687 posts in Rangpur are vacant.
Primary Teachers Association president Abul Bashar said that head teachers had a vital role to play in almost every activity at schools – management of members on the staff, implementation of the academic calendar,
monitoring of school discipline, co-curricular activities, daily schedule and the general atmosphere of the institutions.
‘Acting head teachers cannot make many decisions,’ he said.
Teachers and officials said that shortage of teacher was one of the major the reason for the government primary schools trailing behind non-government or private schools in public examinations. Nowadays many guardians are unwilling to send their children to government primary schools, they said.
Abul Bashar said that a large number of posts of head teacher had been vacant since 2009-2010.
The officials said that about 5,000 posts of teacher fell vacant because of retirement, resignation, termination of job and death.
Many positions fall vacant temporarily as some female teachers go on maternity leave and some others for studies, training or other purposes, they said.
The vacancies have been a source of headache for many of the institutions for about five years, said teachers and education officials.
The shortages compel existing teachers to take additional classes which affects teaching quality, they said.
Schools in the upazila towns and rural areas are facing greater teacher shortage, said education officials.
Positions of 45003 teachers at the government primary school and newly nationalised schools are currently vacant, primary and mass education minister Mostafizur Rahman told parliament on Thursday.
‘Initiatives for the recruitment of teachers to fill the vacancies would be taken very soon,’ Mostafizur said replying to a question from ruling Awami League lawmaker Laila Arjuman Banu.
Of the 45,003 vacant positions, 17,615 are of the head teachers and 27,388 are of assistant teachers, he said.
Directorate of Primary Education officials said that there were 64,122 government and newly nationalised primary schools, where 3.43 lakh teachers were imparting education to 1.34 crore students.
According to the Mostafizur Rahman’s scripted answer and directorate officials, 5,315 of the 46,209 teaching posts in Rajshahi division, 4,596 of the 42,287 posts in Khulna, 11,378 of the 89,957 posts in Dhaka, 9,377 of the 64,623 posts in Chittagong, 4,698 of the 29,497 posts in Barisal, 4,224 of the 24,724 posts in Sylhet and 5,417 of the 45,687 posts in Rangpur are vacant.
Primary Teachers Association president Abul Bashar said that head teachers had a vital role to play in almost every activity at schools – management of members on the staff, implementation of the academic calendar,
monitoring of school discipline, co-curricular activities, daily schedule and the general atmosphere of the institutions.
‘Acting head teachers cannot make many decisions,’ he said.
Teachers and officials said that shortage of teacher was one of the major the reason for the government primary schools trailing behind non-government or private schools in public examinations. Nowadays many guardians are unwilling to send their children to government primary schools, they said.
Abul Bashar said that a large number of posts of head teacher had been vacant since 2009-2010.
The officials said that about 5,000 posts of teacher fell vacant because of retirement, resignation, termination of job and death.
Many positions fall vacant temporarily as some female teachers go on maternity leave and some others for studies, training or other purposes, they said.
Source: new age
