Dhaka, April 8 -- Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon on Wednesday told Parliament that a total of 60,295 posts of teachers are currently vacant in MPO-listed schools and colleges across the country.

"Altogether, there are 60,295 vacant teacher posts in MPO-listed schools and colleges," he said while replying to a tabled question from NCP lawmaker Md Abul Hasnat (popularly known as Hasnat Abdullah) in the House.

The minister said there are 656 vacant lecturer posts under the BCS (General Education) cadre in government colleges.

Besides, 2,410 non-cadre lecturer posts remain vacant in recently nationalised colleges, he said.

He said that 1,349 posts of principals and vice-principals are vacant in non-government MPO-listed colleg...