50,000 Primary Teachers to Be Appointed Within Three Months: Education Minister

The Government of Bangladesh will initiate a massive recruitment drive to appoint 50,000 teachers to state-run primary schools across the country within the next three months. The announcement was made by the Advisor for the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, Dr. A N M Ehsanul Haque Milan, today, Monday (June 22).

He disclosed the decision while addressing the audience as the chief guest at the 20th anniversary celebration and Deans & Vice-Chancellor’s Award ceremony at Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU).

During his keynote speech, the Education Minister outlined that ongoing administrative lawsuits have severely bottlenecked organizational growth, leaving 32,000 headmasters across 65,000 schools without their well-deserved promotions.

"Following our presentations in the parliament, the long-standing judicial complication regarding headmaster promotions has finally caught the attention of the apex court. We are highly optimistic that the issue will be permanently resolved on July 2. Once clear, we will officially clear the deck to recruit 50,000 fresh primary teachers over the next three months." — Dr. A N M Ehsanul Haque Milan, Education Minister

Addressing global academic rankings like QS, the Minister stressed that universities must heavily prioritize resource optimization alongside traditional teaching to improve their global standing. He also praised the pioneering vision of late President Ziaur Rahman regarding the concept of the Blue Economy and his historical efforts to encourage students to strike a balance between structural education and healthy student politics.

Furthermore, the Minister highlighted that the newly passed Bogura University Bill will introduce cutting-edge, modern subjects on par with North American and European curricula, hinting that similar updates will be extended to Noakhali Science and Technology University in coordination with the University Grants Commission (UGC).

Shifting focus to the ongoing payment crisis within the religious education sector, the Minister revealed that thousands of madrasa teachers have been left without their official salaries for the months of May and June. He blamed the crisis entirely on a legacy electronic governance project that has remained unfinished for nearly a decade.

• Project Mismanagement: An Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) initiative originally launched in 2017 with a budget of 10 Crore Taka has ballooned to a staggering 80 Crore Taka due to delays, yet it remains incomplete.

• The 17,000-Teacher Deficit: The lack of a functioning, automated Automated Fund Transfer (AFT/EFT) infrastructure has made it impossible to maintain precise monthly ledger calculations for 17,000 newly recruited madrasa teachers.

• Budget Exhaustion: Despite a dedicated allocation of approximately 100 Crore Taka in the current fiscal budget, the funds have proven structurally insufficient to cover the accumulated backlog simultaneously, leaving some teachers with partial wages and others entirely unpaid.

The Ministry confirmed that technical teams are currently working to bridge the funding deficit and stabilize the automated payment pipelines to clear all outstanding wages at the earliest possible date.