Deprived candidates to receive appointment letters across country

Many candidates who cleared the written and viva examinations for government primary school assistant teacher posts failed to receive the appointment letters in the first phase of the recruitment drive.

Thousands of candidates were deprived of their jobs due to police verification while authorities have begun the process of issuing the appointment letters to the deprived candidates in the second phase

Social media was abuzz with activity as people expressed their concerns and outrage over the issues for several days now. Candidates, who were denied appointments, staged a sit-in protest in Shahbagh in the capital on Sunday (27 September).

They have vowed to continue the protest from Monday (28 September) morning.

According to reports, second-phase appointment letters have been distributed to the candidates deprived of the jobs in at least seven districts including Rajshahi, Pabna, Rajbari and Khulna. It is expected that the appointment letters will be delivered to the deprived candidates in other districts within a couple of days.

Meanwhile, a district primary education officer from the Rangpur division, who spoke to Asia Post on condition of anonymity, said that the divisional deputy director held a meeting with the eight education officers of the division Sunday morning.

He said, "As per the instructions, we are issuing the second-phase appointment letters after scrutinizing the candidates deprived of the jobs in the first phase. However, we are yet to disclose the parameters being used for the second-phase scrutiny."

Md Azizur Rahman, deputy director of the Department of Primary Education in Rangpur division, said, "Appointment letters are being issued in accordance with the guidelines. The concerned district primary education offices have been directed to do so. As I received this directive, it has been disseminated throughout the country."

Asia Post tried contacting Primary and Mass Education Ministry Secretary Jasmin Nahar and Directorate of Primary Education Director General Shahina Ferdousi for comment, but neither was available for the conversation.

Asia Post spoke to several job seekers, who participated in the sit-in protest in Shahbagh on Sunday, about their demands. They said all the candidates who cleared the written and viva examinations for government primary school assistant teacher recruitment posts should get appointment letters.

Otherwise, they vowed to continue the protest.

The concerned district primary education offices have issued appointment letters to candidates recommended from the results of the primary teacher recruitment examination on September 24. However, there have been allegations of irregularities and discrimination in the appointment process across the country.

Apart from this, some candidates, who secured first position at the upazila level, could not get appointment letters while many others were denied jobs despite having no criminal cases against them. However, the government has yet to release the figures of the candidates, who cleared the written and viva examinations but failed to receive the appointment letters.

The results of the assistant teacher recruitment examination were published on February 8 this year, whereby 14,384 candidates were selected for the posts of assistant teachers.

With criticism mounting against the government over the withholding of appointment letters of qualified candidates for government primary schools, Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon responded to the concerns in a Facebook post Saturday.

He said, "There is confusion being created in the media and social media about the appointment letters of Assistant Teacher Recruitment-2025 in government primary schools. If any candidate who has cleared the examination does not receive the appointment letter by October 1, the issue will be probed and the appointment letters will be distributed in phases as early as possible. Vetting or verification is a routine in government recruitment."