Last Updated on 07/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
The protest to remove reservation from government jobs in Bangladesh has changed the face of the whole country. This protest which started from student organizations took such a big form that PM Sheikh Hasina had to leave the country to save her life. So let us know what is the mystery of reservation in government jobs in Bangladesh and how difficult it is to get a government job here.
In India, to get a government job on administrative posts, one has to pass a tough exam like UPSC. In this exam, selection is done on the basis of prelims, mains and then interview. After this, candidates are appointed to the selected post after training. Similarly, in Bangladesh, one has to give BCS exam.
Bangladesh exam is just like UPSC
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The BCS exam is a major competitive exam in Bangladesh which is conducted by the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) for recruitment to various Bangladesh Civil Service departments. This exam is conducted in three stages. Preliminary exam, written exam and then finally interview. This entire process takes one and a half to two years. The Bangladesh Civil Service Exam is based on the British Raj-era Imperial Civil Service. This exam is considered to be one of the toughest exams in Bangladesh. Only about 0.5 percent of the candidates are able to clear this exam.
Four lakh candidates apply for 3 thousand seats
The prelims exam is conducted for two hours. The main exam is held in its second phase. It includes questions related to essay writing, general studies, optional subjects. In the final phase, a personal interview is conducted. In this, the personality, knowledge and leadership ability of the candidate is seen. For this exam, the candidates must be Bangladeshi citizens. The minimum age to appear for the BPSC exam is 21 years, which goes up to 30 years in the general category. An officer selected for a government job gets a salary of up to 78 thousand. Apart from this, a government bungalow and free medical service are also available for living. Every year, only about 3 thousand government jobs are released in Bangladesh, for which about 4 lakh candidates apply.
So much reservation on government jobs in Bangladesh
Till now, reservation was fixed for 56 percent of government jobs in Bangladesh. Out of these, 30 percent quota was for those candidates who are descendants of the fighters of the Liberation War. 10 percent was reserved for backward administrative districts, 10 percent for women, 5 percent for ethnic minority groups and 1 percent for disabled people. Students were protesting against the 30 percent quota that the government was giving to the descendants of fighters. Students protested on a large scale against this quota system in 2013. On April 8, 2018, students of Dhaka University started a protest to improve the quota. Due to this protest, such conditions have arisen in the whole of Bangladesh today.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)