Nahid for Completing SSC-HSC Exams in 10 Days

SSC-HSC exams in 10 days

I think the SSC-HSC examinations must not be running more than 10 days, said Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid while addressing the inaugural session of "Government College Principals' Conference 2016" on April 30, 2016.

Colleges in the capital have more teachers than there are posts but government colleges across the country have had teacher shortages for years, said speakers at a conference.

However, 14 colleges in Dhaka have more teachers than there are posts, said Professor SM Wahiduzzaman, director (college and administration) of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE). Citing examples, he said Dhaka College has 224 teachers against 200 posts, Govt Titumir College has 198 against 174 and Bangla College has 140 against 117.

Principals of the colleges in remote areas suggested that taking measures, like introducing special allowances or making it mandatory for all teachers to work outside metropolitan cities for about three years, could help solve the problem. They also urged authorities not to transfer teachers to remote areas as punishment.

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Account BenefitMinister Nahid, speaking at the conference held at the International Mother Language Institute, criticized the teachers for lobbying for transfers to Dhaka. Almost 80 percent of the teachers, who visit the ministry, go there with requests to be transferred to Dhaka. One of the reasons behind this uneven distribution of teachers was their unwillingness to work outside Dhaka, he said.

"Everybody prefers Dhaka. Should the students outside Dhaka stop studying?" he asked. The teachers show transfer recommendations from political leaders and ministry officials, he said warning the teachers that a negative impression would be formed against those who lobby for transfer rather than submitting applications online.

In 329 college-level institutions, he said, a staggering 3,474 out of over 15,000 posts of teachers were vacant. At the program, the principals of colleges also spoke about the lack of classrooms, inadequate academic and administrative buildings and dormitories for students and other problems.