Independent pay scale for varsity teachers

Public university teachers have been demanding an independent pay scale, as the present pay scale does not compensate them for the service they render. The present salary structure for the university teachers in Bangladesh is too meagre to make both ends meet.  
To press home their demand for an independent pay-scale and raising the retirement age to 67 years, teachers of different universities on July 6 staged a human chain on their respective campuses as part of a programme undertaken by the University Teachers' Association Federation. We sincerely hope that the government will soon take necessary steps to fulfil their demand.
Professor M Zahidul Haque
Department of Agricultural Extension & Information System, SAU, Dhaka