The teachers of Jagannath University have decided to participate in the B Unit admission test to be held on Friday.
The decision came from the meeting of Jagannath University Teachers Association (JUTA) following request of the academic council.
The academic council of the university held a meeting with JnU Vice Chancellor Mizanur Rahman on Thursday morning and requested the teachers’ leaders to participate in the exam.
Earlier, the university’s teachers decided not to participate in the exam.
On Tuesday, teachers from the country’s 37 public universities, under the banner of Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers’ Associations (FBUTA), threatened to stop working from November 1 if their demand for a separate pay scale is not met.
Public university teachers have been protesting the Eighth National Pay Scale since May 14, advocating a four-point charter of demands that include the formation of a commission to initiate an independent pay scale for public university teachers.
Their other demands are salary and allowance parity between senior professors and secretaries, and between professors and additional secretaries; upgrading the status of teachers in the warrant of precedence; and the provision of caxrs and other allowances for teachers, similar to provisions given to bureaucrats.
Meanwhile, FBUTA yesterday evening suspended the JUTA for acting without the FBUTA’s authorisation when JUTA decided to not participate in the JnU entrance examination.
