Rules relaxed for recruitment of headmasters in non-govt schools
No headmasters in nearly 5,000 non-govt schools
Courtesy New Age 3/6/09
Siddiqur Rahman Khan
Amid a paucity of competent teachers for recruitment as headmasters in nearly 5,000 non-government secondary and junior secondary schools across the country, the education ministry has relaxed the existing rules for their recruitment.
‘Nearly 5,000 schools, out of the 17,905 are functioning without headmasters for months and this is seriously hampering academic and other activities. The rules for recruiting headmasters and assistant headmasters have been relaxed a bit to meet up the crisis,’ education minister Nurul Islam Nahid told New Age on Tuesday.
‘From now on, a teacher having 12 years experience without any break can be recruited as headmaster of a secondary school [class VI to X]. But the existing rules issued by the ministry on October 24, 1995, require 15 years service as assistant teacher including three years as assistant headmasters for becoming eligible for appointment as headmaster,’ said the circular issued on Tuesday.
‘For the assistant headmasters of secondary schools, only 10 years service without break has been made mandatory instead of existing 12 years,’ said the circular signed by the education secretary, Syed Ataur Rahman.
Instead of existing 12 years, a teacher having ten years of experience without break can be recruited as a headmaster at a junior-secondary school [Class Vi to VIII], it said.
‘The ministry has come to know that due to paucity of experienced teachers, a huge number of posts of headmaster and assistant headmaster remained vacant for months. The ministry has decided to relax the rules,’ said the circular which has been sent to all offices and schools concerned.
Meanwhile, leaders of the association of non-government educational institutions welcomed the government decision and called for relaxing the recruitment of principals in non-government colleges.
‘There are many colleges which have also been running without principals for months. It is urgently required to issue a similar directive so that the colleges get similar benefits,’ said Mohammad Mazharul Hannan, president of the
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