Police baton-charge primary teacher recruitment aspirants during protest in Mirpur

Police baton-charged aspirants for government primary
school assistant teacher posts during a sit-in programme in the capital's
Mirpur, leaving several protesters injured.
The incident took place around
3:30pm today (27 April) in front of the Directorate of Primary Education in
Mirpur-2, where recruitment seekers had been staging a demonstration since
12pm, blocking the road and demanding appointment and posting.
Speaking to The Business Standard,
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner of Police (Mirpur division)
Mostak Sarker said the state minister for primary and mass education had
assured the aspirants of fulfilling their demands the previous day, and the
assurance was also published on the ministry's website.
However, the protesters again blocked the road on Monday,
causing severe traffic congestion, he said.
"A delegation of the
protesters spoke with the director general of the directorate regarding their
demands. They gave 10 days to fulfil the demands. But other protesters were not
leaving the road. Even after being asked to move, they did not comply. So they
were dispersed," he added.
Sources said protesters had been
blocking the road since noon. In the afternoon, senior police officials gave
them 10 minutes to vacate the road. When they failed to do so within the
stipulated time, the police baton-charged them and dispersed the crowd.
According to the protesters,
candidates were recommended under the Primary Assistant Teacher Recruitment
2025, and a total of 14,384 candidates were selected through the final results
published on 8 February.
As appointment letters have not
been issued even after more than two months, they staged a protest at Shahbagh
intersection yesterday, followed by today's sit-in in front of the Directorate
of Primary Education.
















