Monday, September 26, 2011
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A ruling party lawmaker is chairman of managing committee at seven educational institutions in Jhenidah, flouting government rules.
The rules stipulate that a member of parliament cannot hold chairman's post at more than four institutions. But Abdul Mannan, Awami League legislator from Jhenidah-4 (Kaliganj upazila), heads managing committee at two colleges, one madrasa, three secondary schools and one junior school.
Besides, his wife and three associates--who studied till SSC or below--chair managing committees of four institutions.
Sources at local schools and colleges allege the lawmaker and his aides are abusing their posts to make a fast buck by appointing teachers. They have earned over Tk 6 crore by appointing some 150 teachers in the last two years.
Talking to The Daily Star, several newly recruited teachers admitted they each paid Mannan and his men Tk 3 to 4 lakh to land the job.
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