376 more teachers join MPO scheme as 5,474 get higher grade

Another 376 teachers and staff at private schools and colleges have been newly brought under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme. At the same time, 1,594 teachers will receive the BEd scale and 5,474 teachers and staff will receive a higher grade, or time scale.

The decisions were taken on Thursday (5 November) at a meeting of the MPO committee of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE).

According to DSHE figures, of the 376 newly MPO-listed teachers and staff, 272 are at school level and 104 at college level.

All 1,594 teachers receiving the BEd scale are at school level.

Of the 5,474 receiving a higher grade or time scale, 5,169 are at school level and 305 at college level.

By region, Rajshahi leads in new MPO listings, with 109 teachers and staff in total — 75 at school level and 34 at college level. In the same region, 333 teachers received the BEd scale, while 848 school-level and 74 college-level teachers and staff received a higher grade or time scale.

In Rangpur region, 77 school-level and 10 college-level teachers and staff were newly MPO-listed. There, 266 teachers received the BEd scale, and a higher grade or time scale went to 672 at school level and 32 at college level.

In Dhaka region, 40 school-level and 29 college-level teachers and staff received new MPO listings. The BEd scale went to 255 teachers there, and a higher grade or time scale to 443 at school level and 20 at college level.

In Khulna region, 28 teachers and staff in total — 14 at school level and 14 at college level — were newly MPO-listed. The BEd scale went to 195 teachers, and a higher grade or time scale to 1,233 at school level and 42 at college level.

In Barishal region, 17 school-level and five college-level teachers and staff were newly MPO-listed. The BEd scale went to 84 teachers, and a higher grade or time scale to 590 at school level and 55 at college level.

Elsewhere, new MPO listings went to 33 school-level teachers in Mymensingh region, eight at school level and two at college level in Cumilla, five at school level and three at college level in Chattogram, and three at school level and two at college level in Sylhet.

A further 3,187 MPO-related applications are still awaiting disposal — 2,493 at school level and 694 at college level.

According to DSHE statistics, a total of 13,250 applications were submitted across all regions — 11,343 at school level and 1,907 at college level — of which 3,187 are still awaiting disposal.