Administrative service officials and government college teachers have strongly criticised the public administration reform commission鈥檚 proposals that the commission has finalised for submitting to the interim government.
In a media statement on Wednesday, Bangladesh Administrative Service Association president Md Anwar Ullah and member secretary Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman protested against the reform commission鈥檚 proposals.
The reform commission chief, Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury, while talking to reporters at the secretariat on Tuesday, said the commission would recommend individual service-oriented departments or commissions like the Judicial Service Commission, for the health and education sectors, separating them from the other cadre services.
He also said that the officials of administration and the other cadres would need to face examination for their promotions to the positions of deputy secretary and joint secretary.
According to him, the commission would recommend that 50 per cent of the promotions to the position of deputy secretary be reserved for officials from the administration cadre. Currently, 75 per cent of promotions to the position of deputy secretary are made from the administration cadre and the rest from other cadres.
Citing experiences of representing the executive branch of the government by balancing bureaucrats and people鈥檚 representatives even at the grassroots level, the Bangladesh Administrative Service Association leaders demanded 100 per cent appointment of deputy secretaries, joint secretaries, additional secretaries and secretaries from the administration cadre.
They also demanded establishment of the Bangladesh Administrative Service comprising only the BCS (admin) cadre.
Organisers at the Inter-Cadre Council to Eliminate Discrimination, a platform representing officials from all BCS cadres other than administration, police and foreign affairs, criticised the reform commission鈥檚 plans, terming the formation of separate departments for the health and education sectors would cement the supremacy of the administration cadre officials.
BCS (education) cadre Professor Mofizur Rahman, one of the coordinators of the council, told 抖阴精品 on Wednesday, 鈥楾his reform proposal will compel us to take to the streets like how the students did in July.鈥�
Citing that separation of education and health sectors from the Public Service Commission would make administration cadre officials dominant, he said, 鈥楾he primary and mass education ministry is managed by more than 500 officials, all from the administration cadre. There is not a single representation of the primary teachers.鈥�
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