DO from education minister to secretaries

According to a report, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has sent a Demi-Official Letter (DO) to several government secretaries to form a separate pay scale for teachers of public universities.  The DO has been sent following a demand of the Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers' Association (FBUTA) in this connection. The teachers also demanded the government set up appropriate grades for professors on 'Warrant of Precedence'.

While sincerely appreciating the move taken by the Education Minister, we hope that the DO will yield  fruitful results. In fact, in many of our neighbouring countries, public university teachers enjoy special pay and status.

Professor M Zahidul Haque
Department of Agricultural Extension & Information System
SAU, Dhaka