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DHAKA, July 2, 2026 (BSS) - Education and Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon has said promotions to 36,235 vacant head teacher posts across the country will be filled alongside ensuring the recruitment for 38,443 assistant teacher posts that will become vacant as a result of these promotions will also be completed quickly.
“The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has cleared the nine-year legal deadlock over the promotion of head teachers in government primary schools. Following the government's successful appeal, the posts will be filled quickly,” he said.
The minister came up with the details of the verdict and the government's next course of action at a press conference held at the conference room of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education this afternoon.
State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj and Attorney General Barrister Md. Ruhul Quddus Kazal were also present at the press conference.
The minister said that the Appellate Division delivered its verdict in favour of the government in Civil Appeal (No. 73 of 2023).
As a result, the long-standing stagnation in the primary education system has come to an end, he said, adding that the ministry has regained its full authority to carry out teacher recruitment and promotions.
The minister said that 383 teachers filed a writ petition in 2017 with the High Court challenging Rule 9(1) of the 2013 Recruitment Rules regarding the determination of seniority.
After the High Court declared the provision illegal, the government filed an appeal. Subsequently, the Appellate Division issued a status quo order, completely halting promotions to head teacher posts across the country.
Due to the nine-year legal dispute, promotions remained suspended, leaving head teacher positions vacant in more than half of the country's 65,500 government primary schools. This severely disrupted administrative activities and affected the education of more than six million students.
The minister said that immediately after receiving the court's verdict, he spoke with the Chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC). A formal requisition will be sent to the PSC by this afternoon, and the PSC will complete the recruitment and promotion process quickly under special arrangements.
According to the existing rules, 20 percent of government primary school head teacher posts are filled through direct recruitment, while the remaining 80 percent are filled through promotions based on seniority and merit from among assistant teachers.
Since promotions under the 80 percent quota remained suspended for nine years due to the legal proceedings, more than 36,000 posts remained vacant at the field level. The government now expects these vacancies to be filled quickly following the court's verdict.
Regarding the recruitment of 14,000 primary school teachers already in the pipeline, Milon said, "We will send them for training quickly. Their training will begin immediately and will last for two months."
The minister said that this decision had been taken because of the shortage of Primary Teachers' Training Institutes (PTIs), replacing the conventional long-term training with a two-month programme.
After completing the training, the teachers will directly join their respective schools, he added.
He further said that to avoid session delays, teachers will initially receive two-month orientation training instead of the conventional nine-month PTI training before being posted directly to schools.
At the press conference, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj said, "For the past four months, we have been making every possible effort to resolve this complexity. Thanks to the coordinated efforts of all concerned, the primary education system has entered a new era today. We are delighted and excited."
