A parliament panel has recommended to keeping the age limit for entry into government jobs to 30 years and raise the retirement age limit to 65.
A media statement by the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Ministry of Public Administration said the panel called the ministry to take necessary steps to revise the age limit.
Despite repeated calls from several quarters, the government has made it clear that it has no plans to do so. Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina echoed during question-and-answer sessions in Parliament.
The parliamentary panel’s meeting on Wednesday also recommended scrapping the Non-Government Teachers’ Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA)-administered exams to appoint teachers and go back to the previous system— appointment by the educational institutions’ management bodies.
The Standing Committee said it found the NTRCA-administered process as lengthy and that it creates a scope for irregularities.
The meeting was informed that four secretaries, 36 additional secretaries, 111 join secretaries and 200 deputy secretaries have been posted at the same office for more than three years upon ‘special requests.’