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Published : 09 Nov 2025, 10:36 PM
Assistant teachers from the government primary schools, who are demanding 10th-grade pay among three demands, have suspended their work stoppage.
Following a meeting with government representatives at the Secretariat, Shamsuddin Masud, convenor of the “Primary Teachers’ Demand Implementation Council”, confirmed the decision to bdnews24.com around 9:45pm on Sunday.
The teachers, however, will continue their nonstop sit-in programme at the Central Shaheed Minar as before.
Shamsuddin said, "The final decision will be made at 5pm [on Monday] during a meeting at the finance ministry."
The meeting at the Secretariat was chaired by Abu Taher Md Masud Rana, secretary of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education.
Later, a media statement sent by the ministry’s Senior Information Officer Abdullah Shibli Sadiq, said the teachers' demands were discussed in detail at the meeting.
“In light of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education's assurance to cooperate in resolving the demands as quickly as possible after informing the finance ministry, the teacher leaders announced the suspension of the ongoing work stoppage,” it read.
The teachers’ two other demands are resolving the complications over higher-grade promotions after 10 and 16 years of service and ensuring 100 percent departmental promotions.
The protest action is being organised under the banner of the "Primary Teachers’ Demand Implementation Council", a coalition of four teacher organisations.
On Sunday at 4pm, teachers marched towards Shahbagh to hold their "pen surrender" programme to press for their demands. However, police blocked them in front of Shahbagh Police Station, using sound grenades, tear shells, and water cannons, which dispersed the protesters.
Bangladesh currently has 65,567 government primary schools employing around 384,000 teachers, according to the Directorate of Primary Education.
On Apr 24, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education initiated a proposal to upgrade the salaries of head teachers from grade 11 to grade 10, and assistant teachers from grade 13 to grade 12. However, assistant teachers remain dissatisfied.
Following this, from Saturday, the coalition of teacher organisations announced a sit-in demonstration demanding 10th-grade pay along with two other demands.
