As many as 2,716 educational institutions in the country have been brought under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the announcement on Wednesday, during the inauguration of the first campus-based business incubator in the country in Chittagong.
Among the new MPO beneficiaries are 666 lower secondary schools, 1122 secondary schools, 136 higher secondary schools, 109 higher secondary colleges and 18 degree colleges.
The new MPO list also includes some 665 educational institutions under the vocational and madrassa education board.
These are 97 SSC vocational or Dakhil vocational, 200 SSC business management and technology, two diploma in agriculture, 264 Dakhil Madrassa, 85 Alerm Madrassa, six Farazi Madrassa and 11 Kamil Madrassa.
Under the MPO scheme, the government pays 100% of the basic salaries to the teachers of non-government institutions.
