Dhaka, April 29 -- The primary education authorities have taken the initiative to adjust the pay scale of government primary school teachers to raise their salaries.

The salaries of head teachers of Grade 11 will be upgraded to 10th and 13th grade teachers to Grade 12 following the initiative by the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education.

The head teachers expressed satisfaction with the move and demanded salary benefits in the 10th grade since 2014.

However, assistant teachers were not happy with the development and demanded they be paid in the 11th grade of the pay scale.

Rebeka Sultana, joint secretary of the ministry's School Wing, told bdnews24.com on Monday that the Directorate of Primary Education has been asked to send a propo...