Hunger strike of teachers and employees of Monthly Pay Order (MPO)-listed educational institutions entered third day in front of the National Press Club in the city Wednesday. — FE Photo The indefinite hunger strike, called by the teachers and employees of Monthly Pay Order (MPO)-listed educational institutions, rolled onto third day on Wednesday, reports UNB.
Several hundred people, representing some five lakh teachers and employees of 37,000 MPO-listed academic institutions, have been fasting in front of the National Press Club since Monday, demanding nationalisation of their schools.
The teachers and employees went on the hunger strike under the banner of 'Beshorkari Sikkha Jatiyakoron Liaison Forum'.
Joint secretary of the forum, Md Rofiqul Islam told the news agency that MPO-listed non-government educational intuitions' employees are being deprived of proper increment of salary and allowances in spite of their workload as much as their peers in the government institutions. He also said the students of these institutions have to pay more than the government educational institutions, and that's why many students dropout.
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