Teachers face fine for failing students
From correspondents in Dhaka
July 7, 2004

THE Bangladeshi government is considering stopping the salaries of teachers in 50 schools where not a single pupil passed the national leaving exam, the official news agency BSS said Tuesday.

Teachers at the schools from six districts would be made to "face the consequences" for their pupils' "dismal" performance, BSS said.

The Ministry of Education said it planned to take disciplinary action against the teachers and might also stop their salaries, the report said.

The names of their schools would also be added to a government "blacklist".

The secondary School Certificate exam is taken by pupils aged 16 at the end of their final school year.