The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has directed the re-publication of the merit-based oral examination results for 46,531 candidates from Dhaka and Chattogram divisions in the third phase of the primary school assistant teacher recruitment test. The court also upheld the appointments of 6,531 candidates who had already passed the final results and instructed that 151 petitioners be appointed.

The verdict came after a hearing on an appeal related to the recruitment process, led by the Chief Justice. Senior lawyer Advocate Tajul Islam represented the petitioners. He stated that the 2023 recruitment circular had followed an 84 percent quota-based system, which the petitioners challenged, arguing that following a Supreme Court judgment after the July Revolution, recruitment should be 93 percent merit-based. The High Court had earlier declared the previous recruitment invalid and ordered the appointment of the 151 petitioners.

The government appealed that decision, and the Appellate Division has now delivered its final ruling, settling the matter with three observations.