The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka recently gave approval to the decision of permanent suspension of one of the leaders of school teachers under the Monthly Pay Order system on graft charges.
The board gave approval to the permanent suspension of Mohammad Kawser Ali Sheikh on April 21 and a letter had been published on the board website in this regard on April 22.
Kawser was the principal of Sabuj Bidyapith High School at Jatrabari in the capital.
The letter read that the school the managing committee brought 10 allegations against Kawser.
The allegations are 鈥� embezzlement of Tk 4.50 lakh (cash) in the name of bringing one Shahida Parvin under MPO system, embezzlement of Tk 1.98 lakh from the teacher鈥檚 provident fund in 2020, failure to present information in an audit between 2010 and 2014, inconsistency in Tk 1.42 crore (cash) in earning sector, inconsistency in Tk 1.43 crore in expenditure sector, illegally appointing a relative, non-cooperation in implementing new curriculum, participating in business and teacher鈥檚 politics instead of not giving time in school, using principal position illegally and keeping important document under own possession. 聽聽
The letter also said that on March 28 this year at a meeting of the board鈥檚 appeal and arbitration committee recommendation was given to suspend Kawser from the job after thorough analysis of the allegations.
On April 4 the school managing committee at the 230th board meeting decided to suspend him permanently and the board gave approval to the decision, the letter added.
The letter was signed by the Dhaka education board secretary professor Azad Hossain Chowdhury.
Kawser Ali Sheikh could not be reached through phone on Wednesday.
The secondary-level teachers under the banner of the Bangladesh Teachers鈥� Association staged a sit-in protest in front of the National Press Club for 22 consecutive days between July 11 and August 1 and went for a countrywide strike for 17 consecutive days between July 16 and August 1, demanding nationalisation of their jobs.
Teachers demanded Tk 16,000 as an entry-level basic salary, Tk 1,500 as a medical allowance, 100 per cent of the basic salary as a festival allowance, and 45 per cent of the basic salary as house rent.
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