Staff Reporter :
The quota in government job for the disabled people will be retained although the Cabinet dismissed all the quotas, Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam said.
“The law cannot be altered by administrative order. So, all the previous quotas for people with disabilities ‘will remain as before,” he said.
The Cabinet Secretary said this in a press briefing after the Cabinet Meeting on Monday.
After the comment made by the Cabinet Secretary, it is clear that the disabled people will get
one percent in all the government jobs. The Cabinet approved a national action plan on disabilities on Monday based on the ‘Persons with Disabilities Rights and Protection Act 2013’ and the ‘Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2015.
During a press conference on the Cabinet meeting a reporter asked Shafiul Alam whether the matter of the disability quota was discussed in the meeting.
“It was not discussed,” the Cabinet Secretary, said. “But the quota in the law has remained unchanged. Our administrative orders cannot supersede the law.”
Asked what percentage quota was being implemented for people with disabilities, Shafiul said: “There were various quotas in various sectors.
Until last year 56 percent of government jobs were reserved under various quotas. Children of Liberation War fighters had 30 percent, women 10 percent, ‘backward districts’ 10 percent, minorities five percent and people with disabilities one percent.
The government formed a committee led by the Cabinet Secretary to revise the quota after intense protests by the students and job seekers.
The Cabinet approved a list of recommendations made by the committee that would remove quotas from first and second class government jobs.
The following day the Ministry of Public Administration issued a circular announcing the removal of the quotas. The PSC then announced that it would not take quotas into consideration during the 40th BCS.
The quota in government job for the disabled people will be retained although the Cabinet dismissed all the quotas, Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam said.
“The law cannot be altered by administrative order. So, all the previous quotas for people with disabilities ‘will remain as before,” he said.
The Cabinet Secretary said this in a press briefing after the Cabinet Meeting on Monday.
After the comment made by the Cabinet Secretary, it is clear that the disabled people will get
one percent in all the government jobs. The Cabinet approved a national action plan on disabilities on Monday based on the ‘Persons with Disabilities Rights and Protection Act 2013’ and the ‘Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2015.
During a press conference on the Cabinet meeting a reporter asked Shafiul Alam whether the matter of the disability quota was discussed in the meeting.
“It was not discussed,” the Cabinet Secretary, said. “But the quota in the law has remained unchanged. Our administrative orders cannot supersede the law.”
Asked what percentage quota was being implemented for people with disabilities, Shafiul said: “There were various quotas in various sectors.
Until last year 56 percent of government jobs were reserved under various quotas. Children of Liberation War fighters had 30 percent, women 10 percent, ‘backward districts’ 10 percent, minorities five percent and people with disabilities one percent.
The government formed a committee led by the Cabinet Secretary to revise the quota after intense protests by the students and job seekers.
The Cabinet approved a list of recommendations made by the committee that would remove quotas from first and second class government jobs.
The following day the Ministry of Public Administration issued a circular announcing the removal of the quotas. The PSC then announced that it would not take quotas into consideration during the 40th BCS.
