Poorly paid teachers
On July 27, 2008, Mr. Suranjeet Debnath wrote a very good article on the poor salary of community school teachers in Bangladesh. Sometimes I wonder if I write any article whether that would have any impact. Though I am not optimistic about it, I still write and try to convey the message. I am surprised to see that the teachers are getting salary of Tk 1,200 per month, after months of agitation and hunger strike. This monthly salary can only buy 30Kg rice at the current market price. If this is the case, how could these teachers and their families survive? What are the top level government officials doing? Does anyone understand the impact in the long run? Does anyone care about this situation? It seems to me that government decision makers do not care about educating our children in the rural areas of Bangladesh, because most of the top decision makers live in the capital city or district headquarters. They work in air conditioned rooms, live in government houses, use government cars, get good retirement benefits and educate their children in good urban schools. It is very unfortunate that these government officials are completely out of touch of common villagers and perceive themselves as the Masters. I think our government officials must be retrained to change their attitude to become servants, not masters of the people. Like Dr. Barakat, I strongly feel that the salary of the primary school teachers in rural areas should be increased for the sake of ensuring standard education.
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