Teachers of independent ibtedayi madrasas have announced a boycott of Eid celebrations and closure of their institutions until their demand for MPO inclusion is met. The teachers, who have been staging a continuous sit-in in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka for five days, also declared plans to march toward Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s residence on Eid day. Earlier, police stopped their attempt to march to the Secretariat, after which they decided to continue their protest indefinitely.
The movement is being led under the banner of the Independent Ibtedayi Madrasa Teachers’ Welfare Committee. According to the group’s member secretary Abdul Hannan Hossain, the interim government had earlier promised to bring these madrasas under the MPO system, but the commitment remains unfulfilled. Teachers say they will continue their sit-in and keep madrasas closed until the demand is realized.
There are 1,519 government-aided independent ibtedayi madrasas and 5,932 others without any state support. The interim government had announced in early 2025 that these institutions would be brought under MPO and later nationalized, but implementation has not occurred.
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