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Non-govt teachers on indefinite strike

By Staff Correspondent
The first day of the indefinite strike at non-govern me nt educational institutions yesterday was observed partially.
Bangladesh Federation of Teachers' Association (BFTA). a forum of teachers and employees of non-government institutions. have called for the strike demanding 100 per cent salaries from the government exchequer and promotion of teachers and employees of nongovernment educational Institutions.
Teachers and employees of non-government educational institutions went to their respective schools and signed attendance register book but abstained from attending classes, students of various non-government educational institutions said.
The BFTA has called for a meeting of all teachers and employees on July 14 at Sheikh Borhanuddin College to discuss their next course of action
However, a section of students and guardians have expressed concern over the strike
called by BFTA ahead of the half-yearly examinations.
One guardian told the Daily Star that the strike would cost the students a lot ahead of their half-yearly exam in at ions, since the strike was not observed tn all educational institutions.
The BFTA leaders, however, said they will take special classes after the end of the strike to make up the losses during the strike.
Meanwhile, leaders of Bangladesh Teachers Association (Amanullah-Selim) in a statement yesterday claimed that the strike called by BFTA was not observed.
The leaders said the teachers' federation was formed with two organisations of non-government teachers and employees and two organisations of government teachers and employees.
The faction of the government teachers and employees belonging to Sheikh Amanul-lah and Md. Selim Bhuiyan.President and Secretary-general respectively, did not partic-ipate In Mondays strike as they left the federation because of dominance of "opportunist leadership."
The leaders alleged that the other faction belonging to nonGovernment teachers went on strike tollowing an alliance vith vested quarters ignoring he majority.
The leaders claimed ih.it the Urike was not obsviM <1 in most schools in Dhaka. Chittagong Khulna and Sylhet and said they plan to launch a greater movement involving all teachers for the same cause soon