39 pry teachers not getting salary for 3 months
Thirty-nine primary school teachers under the development project have not got their salary of last three months allegedly due to official snags.
The bills of April, May and June for 39 assistant teachers of 22 government primary schools in the upazila under Primary Education Development Programme-2 were duly prepared and it was to be submitted before June 22, office sources said.
But Upazila Primary Education Officer (UPEO) Arif Ahmed did not sign the bills within the time as he had gone outside the upazila on leave for several days.
Later on June 30, the teachers submitted the bills to the Sonali Bank branch concerned with sign of the district primary education officer (DPEO).
But the district account officer (DAO) returned the bills as they were not placed by June 22.
Asked about the matter, DAO Waheduzzaman said, “The bills were to be submitted by June 22. But they were placed on June 30 night and so, the money against them could not be paid.”
DPEO M Khalilur Rahman said, “I signed the bills on June 30 noon when I was informed that they had not been signed by the UPEO concerned. Now I have asked the authorities concerned for an allotment again for arrear payment of the 39 teachers.”
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