2,500 primary teacher candidates demand appointment letters

Nearly 2,500 candidates recommended for government primary school assistant teacher posts but yet to receive appointment letters staged a sit-in at Shahbagh in the capital on Sunday, demanding the letters be issued within the day.

The protesters, who came from different parts of the country, gathered in front of Dhaka University Central Library in the morning before marching towards Shahbagh.

They took position on the road in front of Shahbagh Police Station around 11am and demanded that the authorities issue their appointment letters on Sunday.

Many of the candidates said they had completed both the written and viva examinations, passed the selection process and submitted all required documents.

However, they said they were shocked to find their names missing from the final appointment lists issued on September 24.

According to the protesters, around 2,500 candidates did not receive appointment letters.

One candidate from Bogura who joined the protest said they would not end the sit-in unless they received a positive response from the authorities.

The protest also highlighted the personal and financial uncertainty faced by the candidates.

Several protesters were seen crying as they described the difficulties they had experienced during the recruitment process and the uncertainty now surrounding their careers and families.

The candidates said they had spent months preparing for the recruitment examinations and had informed their families and relatives that they had secured government jobs after the final results were published.