Dhaka, Nov. 10 -- Assistant teachers from the government primary schools pushing for a list of demands, including pay at the 10th-grade level, have reversed their decision to halt their work stoppage programme.

At midnight on Monday, they announced that their non-stop sit-in programme would continue alongside the strike, bdnews24.com reports.

Following a meeting with government representatives at the Secretariat, Shamsuddin Masud, convenor of the "Primary Teachers' Demand Implementation Council", had announced a suspension of the the work stoppage but continuation of the sit-in programme at 9:45 pm on Sunday.

The suspension of the teachers' strike was also announced in a press statement from the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education a...