Deputy commissioners at their annual conference on Tuesday recommended a central mechanism for the appointment of teachers in non-government schools and more transparency in the appointment process.
The deputy commissioners, at the session on education on the first of the three-day conference, also recommended steps for proper functioning of school managing committees and an end to local politicians and powerful quarters intervening in managing committees.
The conference was held at the secretariat with the cabinet secretary presiding over.
A deputy commissioner from the Khulna division told New Age that at least two of them had recommended more transparency in teacher appointment, especially in non-government schools, and a central mechanism for such appointment.
An education ministry official, who attended the meeting, said that the deputy commissioners had also wanted an end to local politicians and powerful quarters intervening in managing committees.
The primary and mass education minister, Afsarul Ameen, was chief guest at the programme. The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, spoke.
The ministers instructed the deputy commissioners to work for the development of education.
Deputy commissioners of all the 64 districts and seven divisional commissioners are attending the conference, which will have 20 business sessions.
The prime minister Sheikh Hasina, inaugurated the conference at the Prime Minister’s Office in the morning.
Coming out of the meeting, the education minister, told reporters that the deputy commissioners had emphasized more transparency in teacher appointment.
‘They also recommended no intervention in school managing committees,’ Nahid said. The participants also talked about school building safety.
-With New Age input
