Teachers got none of the benefits the Awami League-led government had pledged to them in its election manifesto three years back, teachers' association leaders said Wednesday.
Instead, harassment of teacher by the ruling party leaders has increased, they told a rally at the Central Shaheed Minar on Teachers' Day.
National Alliance for Teachers and Employees organised the rally to mark World Teachers' Day.
Teachers across the country observed the day on the theme, 'Teachers for Gender Equality.'
School and college teachers are sacked and face harassment for political reasons, association leader Salim Bhuiyan told the rally.
Newspapers often publish reports of harassment of teachers across the country, he told the rally attended by teachers from all over Bangladesh.
Several other associations of teachers observed Teachers' Day demanded better pay and facilities.
Bangladesh Teachers' Association (Bashar-Selim) at a rally held at a city school demanded implementation of a separate salary structure as Awami League had pledged in its election manifesto to win the 2008 parliamentary polls.
BTA president Abul Bashar Howlader said that the teachers would have no option but to go for a movement unless their demands were met.
Hundreds of teachers attended a discussion hosted by National Committee for Observing Teachers' Day at the Teacher Student Centre of Dhaka University.
Speaking at the session, National Professor MR Khan said that teachers deserved better recognition from the society because they shaped the minds of the future citizens.
State minister for Women and Children Affairs Shirin Sharmin Choudhury said that the government was fully committed to ensure equal rights of girl children in education.
National Front of Teachers and Employee convenor Quazi Faruque Ahmed presided over the discussion.
In the morning, teachers took out a procession from Central Shaheed Minar carrying the banners of their associations.
World Teachers' Day has been observed each year since 1994.
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