Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- The government has taken an in-principle decision to include 1,089 independent, grant-receiving Ebtedayee madrasas in the monthly pay order (MPO) scheme, subject to conditions.

SM Masudul Haque, joint secretary of the Technical and Madrasah Education Division under the education ministry, told bdnews24.com on Monday: "We sent the file requesting MPO inclusion for the 1,089 independent Ebtedayee madrasas that applied to the Chief Advisor's Office for approval.

"The chief advisor has approved the MPO inclusion of the madrasas on condition."

The Technical and Madrasah Education Division has been instructed to bring under the MPO scheme those 1,089 Ebtedayee madrasas that have fulfilled the conditions set out in the MPO po...