Sangsad Bhaban, April 23 -- Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon on Thursday told Parliament that the government has started the recruitment process to fill the vacant posts of assistant teachers in government secondary schools.

"Currently, there are a total of 2,842 vacant posts of assistant teacher in government secondary schools across the country," he said replying to a tabled question from Khelafat Majlis lawmaker Mohammed Abul Hasan (Sylhet-5) in the House.

Earlier, the question-and-answer session was tabled by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikram, immediately after the Thursday's parliament session started at 3:00 pm.

The education minister said a list of vacant posts has already been prepared in order to address the shor...