Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday defended his ministry’s decision to take charge of the managing committees of non-government Monthly Pay Order-listed educational institutions, saying it was in line with education policy and the prime minister’s wishes.
On November 12, several lawmakers criticised the education minister for planning to take over the authority of non-government MPO-listed educational institutions’ managing committees in teacher recruitment.
“I was stunned listening to lawmakers’ criticisms. In the national education policy, there is a provision to form a Non-government Teachers Selection Commission to appoint meritorious teachers. The prime minister has urged everybody to cooperate in appointing meritorious teachers,” Nahid said in parliament.
He said: “There are 36,071 non-government MPO-listed educational institutions across the country. A lawmaker can be the president of four institutions. If all 300 lawmakers became presidents of four institutions, it will cover only 1,200 institutions. What about the other institutions?
Earlier, the education minister said a Non-government Teachers Selection Commission would appoint teachers at primary, secondary and higher secondary schools, madrasas and colleges following a merit list based on an examination.
Each lawmaker heads four managing committees in their constituencies and nominates people to head the others.
