Pointing to recent movements by various sections of teachers to have their demands realised, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it would not be possible to get any demand fulfilled by putting pressure on the government.

The teachers of non-government primary schools continued their “hunger strike” for the seventh consecutive day at Jatiya Press Club in

The government is likely to bring more private educational institutions under the Monthly Pay Order scheme. The education ministry has already sent a draft of the revised MPO policy to the finance ministry which is now reviewing it, said sources in the two ministries.

The assistant primary teachers, who have been observing an indefinite hunger strike over upgrading their salary scale since Saturday, called off the programme yesterday following assurance of measures to meet their demand.