Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has assured of taking steps to bring the private educational institutions under monthly payment order (MPO) scheme following the MPO policy-2018.
Sheikh Hasina said this while replying to a question from a lawmaker in the parliament during Prime Minister’s question-answer session, reports BSS.
Sheikh Hasina mentioned that her government brought 1,37,546 teachers and employees of private educational institutions under the MPO after 2014.
The government has allocated Taka 5 billion in the year 2016-2017 fiscal year for payment of the retirement benefit of the retired teachers and employees, she said.
The government also has given an one-time lump allocation of Taka 1 billion in the year 2016-2017 and Taka 1.5 billion in the last fiscal year, she added.
The Prime Minister said the government allocated Taka 1 billion during the last two fiscal years For the welfare trust of the teachers.
"So far 82,400 retired teachers and employees were given Taka 12.65 billion from the trust fund," she said.
The Prime Minister said teachers in private school and colleges are being recruited by Non Government Teachers Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA).
Sheikh Hasina said the government has adopted the fourth phase of Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP) at an estimated cost of Taka 383.97 billion for the period July 2018-June 2023 for quality improvement of the primary education.
According to some local news agencies, teachers and employees of non-MPO educational institutions are staging protest for an indefinite period demanding enlistment of their institutions under the MPO scheme.
Under the banner of ‘Non-MPO Educational Institutions Teachers’ and Employees' Federation’, they started the strike from last month in front of the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka.