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Friday | October 09, 2026 | Dhaka

Private teachers’ nationalisation inevitable, says state minister

 Staff Reporter
 Published: 12:01 AM, 09 October 2026

State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam on Thursday expressed solidarity with the demand for nationalisation of teachers and employees of private educational institutions, saying the demand would eventually be realised.

“Nationalisation of teachers and employees of private educational institutions will happen sooner or later for the sake of improving their status and living standards,” he said.

The state minister made the remarks as a special guest at a conference organised by the Teachers-Employees Unity Alliance at the Engineers Institution auditorium in Ramna, Dhaka, on Thursday morning.

He said Shaheed Zia and Begum Khaleda Zia had played important roles in increasing teachers’ salaries, allowances, pensions and social status.

He expressed hope that the demand for nationalisation of teachers and employees would be implemented under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

Shah Alam also highlighted a government plan to promote renewable energy use in educational institutions.

He said financial grants would be provided through the Ministry of Education to install 5.5-kilowatt solar power systems on the roofs of educational institutions.

According to him, the systems would help ensure uninterrupted electricity supplies while institutions could sell surplus electricity generated during holidays and other additional periods to the national grid and earn Tk5,000 to Tk10,000 a month.

The state minister also said the education budget had been increased threefold and the health budget doubled under the current government.

Emphasising the social status of teachers, he said, “Teaching is the only profession that gives birth to all other professions.”

He described teachers as a driving force of society and messengers of democracy, and urged them to build united resistance against any propaganda that undermines their dignity.

Shah Alam said the current government was only seven months old and had been working to revive the education sector after coming to power through a free and fair election following a prolonged movement.
Despite financial constraints, he said, the government had already formed a Tk2,000 crore special fund to pay allowances to around one lakh teachers who retired between 2022 and 2026.

Regarding the nationalisation demand, he said an additional Tk700-800 crore a year would be required to implement it.

He advised the teachers and employees to organise a large-scale national gathering and present their demand to the Prime Minister through peaceful, humanitarian and democratic means.

He also expressed hope that the government would understand the importance of the demand.
On the participation of teachers in local government elections, Shah Alam said there was no legal or policy barrier preventing teachers from contesting such elections until private educational institutions were fully nationalised.