Teachers hold protest march in Pirojpur over various demands including rent, bonus, medical allowance
Pirojpur Correspondent
A demonstration and protest meeting was held under the banner of the Ideal Teachers Federation, Pirojpur District Branch, to achieve various demands including 50% rent, 100% bonus, and Tk 1,500 medical allowance for teachers enrolled in MPO.
The protest march started from Shaheed Minar Square in the district town at around 11 am on Saturday circled important roads, passed through the Awkash intersection, and ended at the old Eidgah Maidan.
The meeting was addressed by Ansaruzzaman Halim, secretary of the district branch of the Ideal Teachers Federation, Abdul Quader, district president of the secondary branch of the Ideal Teachers Council, Maulana Nurul Islam, lecturer of Nazirpur Shaheed Zia Degree College, Mohammad Nurul Haque, Bhandaria Upazila Vice-President of the Ideal Teachers Federation, and Pradeep Kumar Halder, assistant secretary of Nazirpur Upazila. Teachers from several educational institutions were present at the time.
The speakers said, "Today we have to take to the streets to fulfill our teachers' demands, which is unfortunate for the teachers. For 17 long years, teachers were the most deprived and neglected in this country. In this era of globalization, if we want to build a developed nation, we need to create competent citizens, and teachers play the most important role in creating these competent and skilled citizens. Therefore, if competent, talented and skilled teachers do not come here, it is not possible to create citizens of the desired quality."
