PSC, 27th BCS and politicisation of public exams May 31, 2007
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH, GOVERNANCE.Tags: BCS, PSC
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Advisory Committee of the CG has taken the decision to cancel the result of viva voce of the 27th BCS Exam amid allegations of corruptions and gross irregularities.
In 17th July,2005 applications were invited for 27th BCS. 1 lac 58 thousand aspirants applied for different cadres. 26 thousands were passed the preliminary tests. In written exam 16000 passed.The final result was declared on 21 st January and 596 in General Cadres and 2971 in Professional cadres were declared passed. Allegations of corruption and politicisation were raised many a times regarding selection examinations during the past regime. It includes the BCS Exam, different PSC Exams for promotions and recruitment exams for teachers in the public universities.
CG has adressed the issue seriously and justifiably. BCS exam issue was reviewed in the Administrative Developemnt Committee of the Secretariat, Law Ministry and Advisory Committee.
PSC (Public Service Commission) is a very important constitutional body which is responsible for selection and promotion of the officers of the Bangladesh Government Services. Imagine what would happen if this body is corrupted and its selections are politicised.
We hope that the decision taken by the CG will help regularise the process of selection in the Govt services in future.
The ordinary citizen opined that mere cancellation of the result would not be enough; the people who are responsible for this irregularities should be found out and be given exemplenary punishment.
Bdoza
Post script: 14th August 2007
The Chairman of PSC has been changed and Dr. Shahadat Hussain, ex cabinet secretary has given the responsibity to revitalise and to restore the integrity of the PSC.
Some members of PSC are also replaced.
Viva Voce of the 27th BCS is recalled.
The Government is also taking action against the corrupted officials of PSC.
PSC chairman is also advocating for the change of some laws regarding PSC including the criteria for selection of the members and chairman of PSC.
We have to wait a little more before we feel full confidence on the changes and on PSC.
But the web site of PSC is so minimally informative! We hope that the site will be updated and all the information regarding PSC will be available there.
Bangladesh
Do not think only about ordinary citizen but think about the struggler of 2 years who have not got the job only for you.
Can you give us back these two years of our needless unnecessary life.
Is it realy fair justice 4 the fairly selected candidates,If they were unable 2 select again?
Thanks Mr.Sirajul Islam.
You are telling our frustration.
I appreciate each decision against corruption but cancellation of full result is an injustice to the students fairly selected. Why will they sacrifice their life? For state! Could you please give me a written statement that nobody would be selected through any form of irrigularities in the country in the future? You provided them time to dream a good future to serve the country for about 4 months and again you snatch this sending them on the edge of dehumiliation mentally and socially. For them it is the greatest tragedy where edipus of sofoclis is nothing.
…….what will happen to you who believe that the viva was very fair?
My written exam was good and I was hoping for customs (I’m from BUET).
,but what I got …….
So you peoples who shouts just stop as the viva is retaken and people like me gets at least 60% in viva, then many of you will not be successful again.
4000 candidates with better marks were failed intentionally to get you people in.
I can’t but appreciate the steps taken by the present interim Govt. against corruption. Canceling the result of 27th BCS Viva-Voce is one of the initiatives. I can surely say that every candidate was not selected unfairly. Most of them were selected fairly. But everybody has to face the Viva board again. From my 17 years of academic experience and about 2 years of professional experience as a teacher, I have realized that the performance of the same person in the same viva board at different times can vary. So, nobody can ensure that those who were selected fairly will be reselected by a fair board. Although, in general a better student will do better. What will be stored for those who were selected fairly in the first time but will be unsuccessful in the second time. Will he/she or the society take it easily? So, I have a question, who were actually guilty for this? I strongly appeal to the concerned authority that they should find out the the actual criminals and issue an exemplary punishment for those. In this way, those unlucky persons may dedicate their wins to the movement against corruption. I think if the board members were carefully verify the discrimination between the performance of written test and Viva-Voce obtained in the past examination then it would easy to guess the fake candidates.
Authority should find out the real corrupted candidates.
It is the only solution.
PSC should carefully verify the discrimination between the performance of written test and Viva-Voce obtained in the past examination to find out the corrupted candidates.
Actually it is more important to find out the peoples involved with this.
PSC should published the result of 27 th BCS early
Government should Deduct previuosly appointed 3 Members; Question is why they did not do this- till now.
why ACC did not took action against former PSC members?
Government should fill up all the vacancy in Civil service through 27th BCS.
I cant support such injustice decision against the students which were selected at 27 th bcs.