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The BCS Examination (Bengali: বিসিএস পরীক্ষা) is a nationwide competitive examination in Bangladesh conducted by the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) for recruitment to the various Bangladesh Civil Service cadres, including BCS (Administration), BCS (Audit & Accounts), BCS (Taxation), BCS (Customs and Excise), BCS (Foreign Affairs), and BCS (Police) among ...
On 5 June 2024, the Bangladesh High Court issued a verdict that canceled the government notification, declaring it illegal, thus restoring the quota in Bangladesh Civil Service recruitment. [10] A descendant of a freedom fighter and six others appealed the verdict in 2021 to challenge the government order canceling the quota system. [11]
The commission started as a public service commission in 1926 during British India. It was later known as the East Pakistan Public Service Commission after the partition of India. After the Independence of Bangladesh it was established as the Bangladesh Public Service Commission in 1972. [3] For a while it used the Chummery House as its ...
The quota reform movement in Bangladesh was organized to demand a reduction in government job quotas and shift toward merit-based recruitment. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] There were three significant protests. The first occurred in 2013 , when university students opposed the disproportionate allocation of jobs through quotas.
Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) is the main policy setting and recruitment body of BCS. [1] BCS has 26 cadres. In Bangladesh's parliamentary democracy , elected representatives, known as ministers , are ultimately responsible for running the administration.
[c] It began as a quota reform movement in early June 2024, led by the Anti-discrimination Students Movement, after the Bangladesh Supreme Court invalidated the government's 2018 circular regarding job quotas in the public sector.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court orders 93% of recruitment in government jobs to be based on merit, with the public administration ministry publishing a gazette notification in line with the Supreme Court verdict. Massacre of students and protesters; Nationwide shutdown of internet, social media [2] and curfew issued
Under the existing Bangladesh government recruitment system, 56 percent of government job entry positions are reserved for specific "entitled" classes: 30 per cent for children/grandchildren of 1971 "freedom fighters," 10 per cent for women, 10 per cent is for districts based on population, 5 per cent for ethnic minorities, and 1 per cent for ...