2024-07-13 14:44:31
General Secretary of Awami League and Minister of Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader has expressed hope that a solution will come through discussions with the teachers who are agitating for the cancellation of the ‘Prayatya’ scheme of universal pension.
He also said that the teachers will announce their decision after organizational discussion about the teachers’ strike.
Obaidul Quader told reporters after a meeting with a delegation of agitating teachers at the political office of the Awami League president in Dhanmondi of the capital on Saturday (July 13).
The Bridges Minister said that the ‘Pratyaya’ scheme of universal pension will start on July 1, 2025. The information given for 2024 in this regard is not correct. Told them clearly.
The issue of giving super grade to teachers was discussed, he said, “We will raise the status and written demands of public university teachers at the highest level of the government near the Prime Minister. We will discuss and take the next decision. Hopefully, a solution will be found if we talk.’ Obaidul Quader also said that teachers have been requested to withdraw their strike.
The delegation of Awami League sat in a meeting with the delegation of teacher leaders around 11 o’clock on Saturday. In the meeting, the Prime Minister’s adviser on education and culture. Kamal Abdul Nasser Chowdhury, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, Joint General Secretary Mahbub Ul Alam Hanif, AFM Bahauddin Nashim, Organizational Editor M Mozammel Haque, Mirza Azam, Afzal Hossain, Sujit Roy Nandi, Office Secretary Biplab Barua, Liberation War Secretary Advocate Mrinal Kanti Das, Secretary Education and Human Resources and Minister of State for Education Shamsunnahar Chapa and others were present.
A delegation of at least 10 members, including General Secretary of Dhaka University Teachers Association Professor Zeenat Huda, Joint General Secretary Professor Abdur Rahim, led by Secretary General of University Teachers Federation Nizamul Haque Bhuiya participated in the discussion.