Some 150 teachers and employees along with their families are leading an inhuman life as eight educational institutions in Dakope upazila are yet to be brought under the government’s MPO (Monthly Pay Order) facility.
Sources at Upazila Secondary Education Office said there are 44 high schools, five colleges and five madrasahs in the upazila, and eight of those, including a college and a madrasah, are yet to be brought under the MPO facility.
Though the authorities of these educational institutions have already applied for government’s allocation in this regard, there has been no visible progress.
Tapon Kumar Mondol, headmaster of Talukder Akter Faruk High School, said his institution was established in 2000 and it has not been brought under MPO though it has teaching students without any fee.
“Even though we’ve applied for several times and staged demonstrations for our inclusion under MPO, the authorities concerned didn’t enlist our institution …now we’ve to teach our students under open sky due to classroom shortage,” lamented the headmaster.
Alokesh Roy, who recently quit the job as a teacher, said, “I worked for 12 years without any salary, now I have no way but to quit it to support my family in any other way.”
Locals said if the authorities concerned do not take steps for including these eight educational institutions in MPO facility, their teachers and employees will leave their jobs soon.