UEO

Upazilla Education Office

There are 481 Upazila Education Offices throughout the country. The UEO has to discharge general responsibilities for management and monitoring of primary education in the Upazila are divided into clusters. A cluster comprises of 20-30 schools. One AUEO is in charge of each cluster. The major responsibilities of UEO are:

• Supervising and inspection primary schools.
• Working as drawing and disbursing officer.
• Sending proposals for transfer, retirement, pension and gratuity benefits of the teachers and employees, to the District Primary Education Officer.
• Constituting a cluster comprising 20-30 schools with the approval of the DPEO, sub-clusters comprise 4-5 schools , and giving the charge of each cluster to an AUEO.
• Working as the Member – Secretary of the Upazila Education Committee (UEC). Preparing the priority list for the development of the primary schools as per decision of UEC.
• Collection of data on primary schools for onward transmission to DPEO/DPE.
• Making recommendations for establishing new schools in unschooled areas.
• Monitoring and updating the service books of the teachers.