DSHE Meeting on Teacher Transfers: Directions Issued

Published: 23 April 2026, 04:08 PM
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The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) has held a meeting regarding the transfer of MPO-listed teachers working in private schools and colleges. Conducted via the Zoom platform, the meeting provided various directives to institutional heads, Upazila and District Education Officers, and officials from regional offices.

The meeting, which began at 8:00 PM on Wednesday and lasted until 10:00 PM, was led by Md. Yunus Faruqi, Deputy Director (Secondary) of DSHE.

According to meeting sources, the session demonstrated how Upazila Education Officers (UEOs) will verify information provided by institutional heads in the newly developed transfer software. Furthermore, it detailed the verification process for District Education Officers (DEOs) regarding UEO-submitted data, and for Regional Directors regarding college-related information.

An official present at the meeting told The Daily Campus, “No final policy decision was made during the meeting. We primarily demonstrated the functional aspects of the software to the relevant stakeholders and showed how information from institutional heads must be verified. Everyone expressed satisfaction with the software. We hope to begin collecting teacher data very soon.”

Previously, teachers recruited through the recommendations of the Non-Government Teachers' Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) had no opportunity for transfers. They could only change institutions by applying through new recruitment circulars. While index-holding teachers had this opportunity from the first to the third circulars, the Ministry of Education blocked this option starting from the fourth circular.

In response to subsequent teacher movements, the Ministry of Education initiated the transfer process and formulated a policy. However, the process faced delays due to several factors, including a writ petition by a group of teachers, software development delays, and policy amendments. Although a revised policy has been issued, the actual transfer process is expected to take some more time as field-level data collection has yet to commence.