Private primary school teachers excluded from the government’s nationalization process faced police water cannons and sound grenades while marching toward the Jamuna River. Forced to retreat, they regrouped near the National Press Club. Since morning, around a thousand teachers gathered under the banner of the “Bangladesh Private Primary School General Teachers’ Unity Council.” They demanded urgent nationalization of over 5,000 excluded schools, as per the consultation committee’s recommendations. While 30,000 schools were nationalized in January 2013, nearly 5,000 were left out allegedly for political reasons. Despite a letter sent by the Chief Adviser’s office to the ministry in February, no progress has been made, protesters said.