Yunus govt bows to Islamists, drops plan to hire music, physical education teachers

Months after Bangladeshi Islamists fiercely opposed the Muhammad Yunus government's decision to appoint music and dance teachers in primary schools, calling the move an "un-Islamic agenda", the interim administration has given in. Bangladesh's Ministry of Primary and Mass Education on Monday said it decided to scrap the newly created posts for music teachers in government primary schools. The ministry also dropped the post of physical education teachers, reported BDNews24.

"Although the rules issued last August had four categories of posts, two categories have been included in the amendment. The posts of assistant teachers for music and physical education are not in the new rules," ministry official Masud Akhtar Khan said.

When questioned about whether the decision was a response to pres