Vacancies in government service have been on the rise for some time. It has increased during the Corona period. Recruitment tests were closed for six months due to the epidemic. Examination has recently started in the recruitment notices issued for a small number of posts. However, there has been concern over the recruitment test for a large number of posts in compliance with the health rules. About 4 million job seekers are waiting to be appointed to these posts.
For example, there are lakhs of job seekers in every examination of the 41st BCS, various state-owned banks, food, social services, disaster management sub-department and several other ministries and departments. Concerned people said that it is not possible to take these tests in accordance with the health rules. As a result, most of the institutions have not announced the date of examination for these jobs.
As a result, the number of vacant government posts is constantly increasing, on the other hand, millions of job seekers are spending their days under the curse of unemployment. Especially those who are in the last stage of employment, are spending their days in frustration and anxiety due to lack of recruitment notice. First and second class jobs are recruited through the Public Service Commission (PSC). Responsibility for appointment to third and fourth class posts lies with the concerned government department. The Bankers' Selection Committee (BSC) is responsible for appointing officials of state-owned banks and financial institutions. There are vacancies in various ministries, departments, directorates and agencies of the government due to various reasons including non-finalization of recruitment rules and complexity of cases. In some organizations, the situation is such that normal activities are being disrupted.
It is learned that out of 16 lakh posts sanctioned by the government, only four lakh posts were vacant a few months ago. This number has increased further due to the Corona situation, said the concerned officials of the Ministry of Public Administration. Of these, government job notifications from March to July were at almost zero. Minister of State in the Ministry of Public Administration
Farhad Hossain told Samakal that government posts are always created. Recruitment is not completed as soon as it is created. If the job vacancy is vacant, it takes some time to recruit there. Many recruitments are also stuck due to Corona. If the situation is normal, steps will be taken to fill all the vacancies quickly. The state minister said there are plans to further reduce the time taken in each recruitment process. During Corona, the recruitment of medical technologists, including doctors and nurses, was the fastest in history. We will work on learning from this in the coming days.
Officials of the PSC said that even though the small recruitment test has been started through this institute, they are still not thinking of taking a big test like the BCS. Because, there is no preparation required for this with a huge number of centers. Although 4,850,000 candidates applied for the 41st BCS in January, there is no chance of taking the exam soon. The 41st BCS preliminary examination was scheduled to be held in April this year. Besides, the results of the 40th BCS written test are stuck due to Corona.
Meanwhile, the examinations of about 14 lakh job seekers are stuck against 1,018 posts in the Food Department. This recruitment test was also scheduled to take place on March 20, just before the lockdown.
The recruitment process has been suspended against 463 social worker (union) posts of the Department of Social Services. Six lakh 72 thousand job seekers for this post. After the MCQ examination for 141 posts in the Disaster Management Department, more than two lakh candidates are waiting for the written examination. Thus, several lakh students are waiting to take the exam in many posts of different ministries, departments and directorates. The concerned people are looking for different methods to start the examination of these posts of third and fourth class soon.
The largest recruitment outside BCS is in various state-owned banks. More than six lakh candidates are waiting for the examination by applying for four thousand 650 posts in different banks. Thus, about 4 million students are spending their days anxiously waiting for the recruitment test. However, the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defense Department, Janata Bank and several other institutions have already completed the recruitment test for a number of candidates.
Arif Hossain Khan, general manager of Bangladesh Bank and member secretary of the Bankers' Selection Committee, told Samakal that he was gradually trying to test a small number of posts. There are plans to complete all tests by December. However, most of the posts will not be able to accept the hygiene rules.