DSHE orders to appoint Zakir Hossain as acting headmaster

The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) ordered the authorities of Monipur High School to appoint its senior teacher Zakir Hossain as the acting headmaster.

DSHE came up with the order following the directives of the High Court.

These instructions have been given in the interest of running the academic and administrative activities of the institute smoothly, the directorate said in a letter sent to the president of the governing body of the school and other related offices of the government on Tuesday.

DSHE in an investigation in 2020 found that the appointment of principal Md Farhad Hossain of Monipur High School and College in the capital was illegal.

Later, another investigation by Dhaka education revealed that the extension of the tenure of Farhad Hossain as the principal of the school was not legal as well.

A recent investigation by the Directorate of Inspection and Audit (DIA) also concluded that the appointment of Farhad Hossain was not legal.

On February 27, the High Court directed the authorities concerned to give charge of the post of the headmaster to the school’s senior teacher Zakir Hossain. DSHE asked parties concerned to take necessary measures to this end within three working days.