Steps to be taken to form pay scale for teachers: Nahid

Steps to be taken to form pay scale for teachers: Nahid


Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has said initiatives would be taken to form a pay scale and enhance the dignity of the teachers.

Terming teachers as the architect of nation-building, the minister urged them to devote themselves to their profession, reports BSS.

Mr Nahid was addressing a discussion meeting at Dhaka University senate building auditorium Saturday as the chief guest.

Bangladesh National Commission for UNESCO and UNSCO Dhaka Office jointly organised the meeting marking the 'World Teachers' Day-2010'.

Vice-Chancellor (VC) of DU AAMS Arefin Siddique presided over the function, while Education Secretary Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury was present as the special guest.

"We want to turn our children into human resources through education. So we will introduce a new education system for the new generation to adapt them to the needs of the new era," Nahid said.

The minister urged the teachers and students to extend cooperation to building a digital Bangladesh.

"We want to do something effective and time-befitting for the education sector in the greater interest of the nation," the minister said.

Nahid said that his ministry had been relentlessly struggling for ensuring a better social and economic status for the teachers.

"We have to face a lot of challenges including providing quality education, expansion of vocational education and modernisation of madrasah education," he said.

The education secretary said the government would print a total of 2.32 billion text books this year to provide books to all students in the country.

BUET VC Dr SM Nazrul Islam, Jagannath University VC Mesbah Uddin Ahmad and Treasurer of National University Prof Quazi Faruque Ahmed were present, among others, on the occasion.