The officials and staff of NAEM (National Academy for Educational Management) held a symbolic strike and assembly protesting against ongoing discrimination in promotions, time scales, selection grades, recruitment rules, organizational structure, and various training courses.

All officials and employees gathered at the administrative building premises, demanding an end to the ongoing disparities at NAEM in the city on Monday, according to a press release.

The brief token protest was addressed by several dignitaries, including Mr. Md. Selimuzzaman, Director of the Planning and Development Division of NAEM, Deputy Directors Dr. Md. Arijul Islam Khan and Mr. Md. Shahidul Islam, Programmer Mr. Md. Shah Alam, Teacher Trainer Ms. Ireen Rahman, and others like Mr. Shah Md. Abdul Mabud, Mr. Shah Abu Mohammad Azizul Karim, Ms. Nahid Ferdous Bhuiyan, Accounts Officer Mr. Kazi Md. Humayun Kabir, and Office Assistants Mr. Md. Delwar Hossain, Mr. Abdul Halim, and Mr. Md. Tarikul Islam.

During the assembly, the speakers highlighted their grievances and demands, as follows:

1. Immediate promotion of all eligible employees across all grades, following the rules, and addressing pending promotion applications within two working days.
2. Ensuring time scales, selection grades, and other due benefits for all regularized permanent employees in the revenue sector.
3. Eliminating discrimination in all training courses, including FTC and project-based programs, ensuring equal opportunities for coordination and session management.
4. Amending and updating NAEM's recruitment rules (2005) to incorporate provisions for promotions of all permanent employees.
5. Guaranteeing equal rights for all staff in training programs, seminars, and workshops to enhance their skills.
6. Assigning acting responsibilities for higher positions to employees with over five years of service, based on eligibility and merit.
7. Facilitating employees’ participation in study tours and other opportunities in training courses on a rotational basis.
8. Enacting a Training Academy Law to provide a 30% special allowance for all NAEM employees.

The speakers emphasized the need for immediate resolution of the above issues to eliminate workplace discrimination, ensure fundamental and rightful privileges, and create an equitable work environment for all permanent and regularized employees in the revenue sector at NAEM.

The speakers threatened if these issues were not resolved within the next three working days, the permanent and regularized employees of NAEM will be compelled to take peaceful measures, including a complete strike, to demand their rights.