State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Rumana Ali said on Sunday that some 238,579 teachers have been appointed for primary schools in the last 12 years.
The state minister gave this information while responding to the tabled question of the ruling party MP elected from Chittagong, M Abdul Latif.
She said that of the total number, 5,205 were appointed as headmasters and 233,374 as assistant teachers.
At present, the jobs of 104,875 private and registered primary school teachers have been nationalized.
In response to the Awami League MP elected from Chapainawabganj, Dr Samil Uddin Ahmed Shimul, the state minister said under the social security program, the number of beneficiaries in the country in the financial year 2023–24 has increased by 10 million persons, while the number of widows and husbands receiving distressed allowance and disability allowance has increased by 535,000 persons.
