Recommendation for appointment of primary school head teachers, notification soon. The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has taken the initiative to appoint head teachers in government primary schools of the country. This information was given in a notification signed by the ministry’s Senior Information Officer Abdullah Shibli Sadiq on Tuesday (July 29).
The notification said that the role of head teachers is very important in improving the quality of primary education in the country. Since these posts have been vacant for a long time, the educational activities of primary schools are being disrupted. To solve this problem, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has taken the initiative to fill the vacant posts of head teachers in government primary schools quickly. There are 65,502 approved head teacher posts against 65,569 government primary schools under the control of the ministry. Currently, 31,396 people are working as head teachers. There are 34,106 vacant posts. Of the vacant posts, 2,647 are directly employable.
It said that an initiative has been taken to reserve 10% of the directly employable posts and make independent direct appointments to the remaining 2,382 posts. The ministry has already sent a demand to the Bangladesh Public Service Commission Secretariat (PSC). The Bangladesh Public Service Commission will soon publish a recruitment notice to fill the vacant post of head teacher who can be directly recruited. In addition, 31,459 posts eligible for promotion from assistant teachers to head teachers will be filled through promotion as soon as the Civil Appeal Case No. 73/2023 regarding the gradation of nationalized teachers is settled.
It also said that if this recruitment is completed, the manpower shortage of primary schools will be filled. Besides, the educational activities of the schools will be further improved and dynamic. The government expects that the quality of primary education will be improved to the desired level as a result of this government step.