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New MPO List

AL MPs not happy yet

Staff Correspondent
The new Monthly Payment Order list also failed to make all ruling party lawmakers and leaders happy.
Now a group of ruling party lawmakers, including those who were happy with the first list, are dissatisfied with the new MPO list saying institutions of BNP and Jamaat men have been included on the newlist.
After announcement of the first MPO list of 1,022 institutions, a group of lawmakers came down heavily on the education minister for keeping institutions backed by opposition party men on that list.
The ruling party leaders had said then that Shaheed Abul Qashem College in Lalmonirhat, established by BNP leader Asadul Habib Dulu, was on the MPO list but a number of institutions backed by ruling party men were missing.
The education ministry had reviewed the list and dropped Dulu's college from the list. The education ministry later handed over the list to Prime Minister's Education Adviser Alauddin Ahmed for further review.
Alauddin Ahmed followed local legislators' preference over the policy, which was previously used for selecting institutions that would get the MPO facilities, sources said.
On Monday, Alauddin Ahmed finalised the new list of 1,483 institutions, 461 more than the old list. Sources said around 100 institutions that were on the old list have been dropped.
Now inclusion of Alhaj Ahed Ali Biswas Collegiate High School in Pabna, named after the grandfather of Shimul Biswas, personal assistant to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, upset many ruling party leaders.
Pabna Awami League leaders said if the list was prepared on the basis of lawmakers' demand then how come Alhaj Ahed Ali Biswas Collegiate High School made it on the list?
Some lawmakers and ruling party leaders expressed surprise over dropping of their preferred institutions from the list. They claimed those are eligible to receive MPO facilities.
The name of another institution that also raised uproar
from the ruling party leaders is Golachipa Ideal Junior Secondary School in Patuakhali.
Patuakhali District Jamaat Secretary Prof Shah Alam established the institution, said Kashinath Dutta, district Awami League science and technology secretary.
Ruling party leaders also questioned the inclusion of Shapmari Dakhil Madrasa in Sherpur, the founder of which is a Jamaat-e-lslami leader.
Preferring anonymity, local ruling party leaders of Sherpur told The Daily Star that the local MP did not ask for this institution to be included on the newMPO list.
A number of lawmakers who asked Alauddin to include their institutions of preference on the new list were surprised, as those were not on the list.
In a letter to Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Monday evening, Alauddin requested the ministry to cancel a condition in the policy, which was earlier followed to select institutions for MPO facilities.
The Daily Star obtained a copy of the letter which says a condition that allows inclusion of an institution based on the population of the area was mistakenly included in the MPO policy. The condition creates complexities in selecting institutions for MPO facilities, the letter says.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday declined to make any comment in this regard.
The institutions on MPO list get government subsidy as monthly pay orders to meet a portion of their teachers' salaries and benefits.