The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC) Dr Sadat Hussain on Monday stressed the need for an urgent review of the present quota system in the public administration.

"The present quota system should not be a permanent one. Rather, more talents should be inducted into public jobs," he said while presiding over a seminar on "Quota system for civil service recruitment in Bangladesh," at the Spectra Convention Centre in the city.

The seminar was organised to discuss a study report on appointment to the government jobs under the present quota system. Director of the PSC Rawshan Ara Zaman presented the keynote paper.

He felt the necessity of keeping the quota for women, children of freedom fighters and tribal people for the administrative divisions.

Professor of the Sociology Department of Rajshahi University Dr Abdul Kader Bhuiyan said the quota system may continue for another 10 years, but it should be reviewed every three years.

He proposed forming a monitoring cell at the PSC saying that there is no alternative to talents for a competent administration.

Chairman of the Department of Political Science of Dhaka University Dr Kamaluddin Ahmed and Professor Dr Khondokar Bazlul Haque spoke.