Teachers give fresh deadline to Dinajpur Education Board
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Teachers of secondary and higher secondary educational institutions of the district yesterday gave a fresh ultimatum to Dinajpur Education Board authorities to meet their four-point demand by March 9. Otherwise, they threatened to launch a tougher agitation programme from March 10.
They announced the new deadline at a press conference at Dinajpur Press Club in the morning. Earlier on February 22, Saifuddin Akhter, convener of Dianjpur Teachers Association, submitted a memorandum to the chairman of the education board.
In the memorandum, the teachers placed a four point demand, including removal of the muster roll staffs who attacked Parimal Chandra Roy, headmaster of Paschim Mallikpur High School, in Kaharol upazila on February 22. They also gave a 48-hour deadline that ended on March 1.
Parimol came under attack soon after his arrival at the education board for getting an approval of his school's managing committee. The attack was launched allegedly by Humayun Kabir Polash, Alamgir Ahmed, Montu Ram Roy and Razu Ahmed as the teacher declined to pay bribes.
“I was dragged down to ground floor through the staircase and forced out of the complex,” Parimal said, adding: “the attackers also threatened to kill me if I come to the board office again". The incident angered the teacher community of the entire district.
At the press conference yesterday, the teachers said they will hold an emergency meeting at Dinajpur Zila School on March 9 if their demands are not met by the deadline and announce the next course of action.
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