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Relaxation of PSC age bar

22 December 2003, 18:00 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
By M Sadeq, Chairman, Department of Management, Tejgaon College, Dhaka
22 December 2003, 18:00 PM
The maximum age for entering into government service is 30 years as per existing regulations of the government. The PSC could not hold recruitment examinations for the last few years. Moreover, the finalisation of recruitment task involves a very lengthy process. At least two years are required to finish the process of recruitment from preliminary test to issuance of appointment letters to qualified candidates. In the mean time, the unsuccessful candidates lose two years from their life before they get another chance for the next PSC examination.

The 24th BCS examinations which is yet to finish its written portion will take at least one more year to reach its final stage if everything goes smoothly. So a candidate who is sitting for the 24th BCS exams and who has been at his marginal point of age bar at the time of submission of entry form for the 24th BCS is sure to cross the age limit the moment his results are finally published. Not only that, a candidate who has submitted his entry form for the 24th BCS at the age of 28/29 is also sure to have exceeded the age bar. Those who would like to sit for the ensuing special BCS examination to be held by next June would definitely be seriously affected if the age limit of 30 years is not relaxed by the government. I would, therefore, like to offer the following suggestions for kind consideration of the Ministry of Establishment in greater public interest.

1) To increase the age limit to 35 years for the children of freedom fighters.

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2) To increase the age limit to 33 years for other candidates.

It may be noted here that the government allows extension of service of senior civil servants even after their normal tenure of service expires . The relaxation of entry age to government service deserves to be considered on the same ground. There are hundreds and thousands of unemployed graduates and post-graduates who should be given an opportunity for employment in the government service by relaxation of age bar as suggested above.