The minimum qualification for female candidates was higher secondary certificate (HSC) or equivalent degrees. “Now the minimum qualification for all candidates – female and male – has been set at honours,” Primary and Mass Education Secretary Akram Al Hossain told bdnews24.com on Tuesday after the publication of the new guidelines. Work to upgrade the primary schoolteachers’ salary scale was under way after the changes in minimum qualification of the candidates of the job, he added. Also, 20 percent of the teachers recruited through tests must have bachelor's with honours degrees in science stream. If sufficient candidates from science do not apply, the posts can be filled up from the merit list, the secretary said.

Source: bd News24 April 09, 2019 12:56 UTC