Trainee teachers agitate

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
The trainee teachers at the Sylhet Primary Teachers' Training Institute (PTI) agitated for the third day yesterday against three instructors accusing them of 'misconduct'. They handed over a memo to the District Primary Education Officer yesterday demanding immediate withdrawal of the three instructors and withdrawal of the showcause notice on the trainees. The official assured them of taking appropriate measures on enquiry. The trainees alleged that instructors -- AKM Ibrahim, Diponkar Mohanta and Idris Ali Khan -- often misbehave with them for unknown reasons. Besides, the instructors also used abusive words in classes, the trainees alleged. The PTI authorities earlier issued showcause notices on the trainees for their alleged absence on April 14, although they all attended the Pahela Baishakh celebration, they said.