The Appellate Division’s Chamber Court has stayed the High Court ruling on the 18-year teaching experience rule. Candidates who passed the written test can now sit for the viva. The viva will start on October 15.
The Chamber Judge Court gave the order on Tuesday, October 6. Justice Md. Rezaul Haque led the hearing. The order came after an application by the Secretary of the Secondary and Higher Education Division.
Attorney General Barrister Md. Ruhul Quddus Kajal and Deputy Attorney General Osman Chowdhury spoke for the state. After the hearing, Kajal briefed reporters on the case.
He said the government changed the head teacher appointment rule on March 25. The new rule set 18 years of teaching work as a condition.
The 2021 staffing rules had two paths for these posts. Assistant head teachers needed 15 years of total work. This had to include three years as an assistant teacher. The rules also allowed direct appointment.
The March 25 change raised the work period to 18 years. Forty-six teachers then went to the High Court to challenge the change.
The High Court ruled in their favour. It cancelled the rule that required 18 years of teaching work.
The Ministry of Education and the Non-Government Teachers’ Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) appealed against that ruling. The Appellate Division’s Chamber Court has now stayed the High Court ruling.
The written test for the 13,559 posts has already been held. The new court order clears the way for the next stage of the process.
Candidates who passed the written test under the 18-year rule can take part in the viva. But 46 posts will stay reserved for the 46 teachers who filed the case.
There is no legal bar to moving ahead with the other posts. The viva for heads of educational institutions will start on October 15. The viva schedule has already been published.
