Teacher recruitment: Candidates continue protest at Shahbagh, warn of NTRCA shutdown

Candidates who passed the teacher registration examination for private educational institutions but have not yet been appointed are staging an overnight protest in Dhaka’s Shahbagh after holding a “candlelight procession” there, demanding the issuance of a “special public notification”. Announcing a long march towards the Non-Government Teachers' Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) office on Monday morning, they warned that the agency’s office would be shut down if their demands are not met. The candidates, who were finally selected in the 18th Teacher Registration Exam but did not receive a recruitment recommendation in the sixth public notification, observed a day-long “rally and demonstration” in Shahbagh on Sunday. At 8:30pm, the candidates held a procession with lit candles. The march circled from...