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Published : 02 Jul 2026, 02:09 PM
Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon has announced plans to recruit more than 102,500 teachers across Bangladesh.
The drive will include 32,500 head teachers for government primary schools and 70,000 teachers and lecturers for privately managed institutions under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme.
Speaking at a UNESCO event in Dhaka on Thursday, Milon said the Supreme Court Appellate Division's ruling had cleared the way for appointing 32,500 primary head teachers after accepting the government's appeal.
He said around 70,000 MPO teachers and lecturers could also be recruited, describing the development as "big news".
The Non-Government Teachers' Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) is preparing to fill nearly 78,000 vacant posts at MPO-listed schools, colleges, madrasas and technical institutions through a new recruitment system.
Instead of recommending successful teacher registration candidates against advertised vacancies, the authority plans to recruit candidates directly into vacant posts through written and oral examinations.
Milon also said ministers no longer visited public exam centres in a way that disturbed candidates.
Referring to the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations, which began on Thursday, he said ministers had decided there was no need to visit centres, unlike in the past.
The minister said 544,000 students enrolled at higher secondary level were not sitting the HSC exams.
He said the dropout rate stood at about 33 percent in general education, 54 percent in technical education and 44 percent in madrasa education, describing the figures as worrying.
Milon was speaking at the UNESCO event titled “Global Partnership Education System Transformation Grant and Multiplier Grant for Bangladesh”
He also warned that waste in the education sector would not be tolerated.
Drawing on his experience as state minister for education, Milon said previous governments had received significant loans and grants but “failed” to use them properly.
He said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman had instructed the ministry to ensure there was no waste or mismanagement, adding that every taka allocated to education must be spent carefully.
Calling quality education essential, Milon said the government should act as a facilitator while institutions, teachers and students drove the education system.
He said the prime minister had allocated 2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) to education this year and pledged to raise it to 5 percent in future, adding that teacher quality and training would be key to making effective use of the funding.
Milon, who returned to the ministry after serving as state minister from 2001 to 2006, said coming back after two decades felt like "driving in reverse".
He said he had found the education system in worse condition than when he had left office.
Referring to the Appellate Division ruling, he said the case had been filed in 2017 and questioned why it had taken so many years to resolve.
Prime Minister's Education Advisor Mahdi Amin, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj and Secondary and Higher Education Division Secretary Abdul Khaleque also addressed the programme.
