Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided to provide financial assistance of over Tk28.18 crore to the teachers and employees of the non-MPO educational institutions.
“The prime minister took the decision considering the financial hardship of the teachers and employees of the non-MPO (monthly pay order) technical, madrasas, and independent Ebtedayee madrasas as their educational institutions remained closed,” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS on Tuesday.
As many as 51,266 teachers and 10,204 employees of the institutions would get Tk5,000 and Tk2,500 each respectively amounting a total of Tk28,18,40,000 from the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund, the press secretary said.
The premier, he said, earlier gave financial aid of Tk16,94,70,000 to orphans and destitute of 13,929 Qawmi madrasas and Tk46,63,30,000 to 80,747 non-MPO teachers and 25,038 employees under the Secondary and Higher Education Division.
