UNB, Dhaka :
The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) once again recommended simplifying quota system for recruiting officials to public service due to the existing complexities in applying quota.
The application of the existing quota related rules is complicated and a matter of multidimensional restrictions. Sometimes, it becomes impossible to select suitable candidates accurately by applying the quota system, says the Commission in its Annual Report 2016.
On February 28 last, a 13-member PSC delegation, by its chairman Dr Mohammad Sadik, submitted the Report to President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban.
At present, only 45 percent of all posts in public service are filled solely on the basis of merit. And the remaining 55 percent posts are filled from different quotas while 30 percent quota is allocated for children of freedom fighters, 10 percent for women, 5 percent for ethnic people and 10 percent for zila (district) category.
Every such quota has sub-quotas introduced to ensure that people from all the districts get jobs in a fair way, which makes the application of quota system difficult.
As per the government’s decision, the PSC Annual Report says, the Commission follows quota system in distribution of posts in public service.
The appointment of suitable candidates is impossible under the current quota system due to its multivariate dimension and link between merit list of applicants and quota determined for zilas and divisions. That is why selecting candidates based on quotas within the stipulated time has become impossible, according to the PSC.
“Simplifying the existing quota system is a must now for selection of candidates for Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) cadre services and first-class and second-class non-cadre services,” the report said, mentioning that some of these posts sometimes remain vacant because of the existing quota-related complications.
The PSC, therefore, proposed that there is no need to consider from which part of the country a candidate comes. But, it says, within each quota category there should be competition on the basis of merit.
The Commission in its report suggested naming the PCS chairman as the Chief Public Service Commissioner and its members as the Public Service Commissioners, aiming to make their status similar to other constitution bodies, including the Election Commission (EC).
About the activities of the Commission, the report says the PSC in 2016 recommended recruiting 12,876 candidates (2,172 cadre posts and 10,704 non-cadre posts) in public service while a total of 46,878 candidates (26,193 cadre posts and 20,685 non-cadre posts) were recommended during 2009-2016.
The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) once again recommended simplifying quota system for recruiting officials to public service due to the existing complexities in applying quota.
The application of the existing quota related rules is complicated and a matter of multidimensional restrictions. Sometimes, it becomes impossible to select suitable candidates accurately by applying the quota system, says the Commission in its Annual Report 2016.
On February 28 last, a 13-member PSC delegation, by its chairman Dr Mohammad Sadik, submitted the Report to President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban.
At present, only 45 percent of all posts in public service are filled solely on the basis of merit. And the remaining 55 percent posts are filled from different quotas while 30 percent quota is allocated for children of freedom fighters, 10 percent for women, 5 percent for ethnic people and 10 percent for zila (district) category.
Every such quota has sub-quotas introduced to ensure that people from all the districts get jobs in a fair way, which makes the application of quota system difficult.
As per the government’s decision, the PSC Annual Report says, the Commission follows quota system in distribution of posts in public service.
The appointment of suitable candidates is impossible under the current quota system due to its multivariate dimension and link between merit list of applicants and quota determined for zilas and divisions. That is why selecting candidates based on quotas within the stipulated time has become impossible, according to the PSC.
“Simplifying the existing quota system is a must now for selection of candidates for Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) cadre services and first-class and second-class non-cadre services,” the report said, mentioning that some of these posts sometimes remain vacant because of the existing quota-related complications.
The PSC, therefore, proposed that there is no need to consider from which part of the country a candidate comes. But, it says, within each quota category there should be competition on the basis of merit.
The Commission in its report suggested naming the PCS chairman as the Chief Public Service Commissioner and its members as the Public Service Commissioners, aiming to make their status similar to other constitution bodies, including the Election Commission (EC).
About the activities of the Commission, the report says the PSC in 2016 recommended recruiting 12,876 candidates (2,172 cadre posts and 10,704 non-cadre posts) in public service while a total of 46,878 candidates (26,193 cadre posts and 20,685 non-cadre posts) were recommended during 2009-2016.
