Overall recommendations and suggestions for Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS)

• Our recruitment system is not fully established on merit. So it is necessary that recruitment and selection process should be based on merit to face the 21th century.
• As the recruitment system is based on traditional system. So an examination recruitment reform committee should be formed to modernize the examination system.

Role of Central Personnel Agencies in Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS)

 Executive Body & Constitutional Body 

A central personnel agency may be defined as an organ which deals with personnel functions having government wide implications (Ahmed, S.G, PPAB,1986,p-14)

The public personnel administration in Bangladesh is conducted within a unified framework. The two central personnel agencies (Executive and Constitutional) of government of Bangladesh are Ministry of Public Administration and Public Service Commission (PSC).   

Training in Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS)

“Trained manpower is essential for any organization-public or private. This is because the successful management of function in any organization depends on quality and skill personnel who run it. Training is seen as an important tool to improve quality and skill of the personnel who run it”

-A.M.M. Shawkat Ali

Promotion from deputy secretary to secretary in BCS

Responsible Body: Superior Selection Board (SSB)
In the recent past, SSB/ MoPA have changed the criteria for promotion to the post of deputy secretary and joint secretary. SSB has devised a scoring system that takes into account academic performance and ACRs from the beginning to date. MoPA has formed regulation for promotion to various posts in the secretariat.
The criteria that includes educational qualifications. Total 100 marks are distributed as shown following table:

Promotional Process and Exam in BCS (Bangladesh Civil Service)

 The subjects for promotion examination cover three areas:

 Part 1: Bangladesh and current affairs
Part 2: Acts rules and systems applicable in use of all officers of BCS;
Part 3: Matters relating to works of respective cadres
Full marks: 30
Pass marks: 50%

Methods of recruitment to BCS (Bangladesh Civil Service)

Recruitment is done by the following ways:

• Direct recruitment through competitive examination
• Appointment by promotion
• Appointment by transfer or deputation

Promotion in Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS)

Promotion is the advanced of an employee’s rank or position in an organizational hierarchy system. The primary purpose of promotion is to fill a post through the selection of the most suitable person for the selection of the position or grade that is vacant.

Role and effect of quota system of BCS (Bangladesh Civil Service Commission):

The existing 55% of non merit quota in Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) violates the Article-29 of our constitution which speaks only about under-privileged group. But quota for women is not included in under-privileged group.

Statistics of last three BCS (28-30):

SL.	Total applicants	Pass in preliminary & written test	Pass in viva-voice	Recruitment in cadre
28th BCS	120946	5881	5105	2190
29th BCS	123949	7217	5062	1722
30th BCS	147395	9059	5810	2367

Source: press notification BPSC. www.bpsc.gov.bd

Recruitment policies and conditions of Bangladesh Civil Service Commission (BCS)

In 1976, the recruitment rules for appointment to superior post were framed. On the other hand, the government of BD in September 1972, which guided recruitment to various services and posts, announced the Interior Recruitment Policy.

Recruitment and Selection in Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS)

Recruitment is the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organization (Flippo and Edwin 1984: 141). No element of the career service system is more important than the recruitment policy” (Commission of Inquiry on Public Service Personnel, 1935:37, quoted in Stall 1962:51). Recruitment is the cornerstone of the whole personnel structure. Unless recruitment policy is soundly conceived, there can be of little hope of building a first rate staff (Stall, 1962: 51). Broadly, there are two major methods for recruitment to civil service: (a) merit system through competitive examination and (b) spoils system. Under the typical civil service law, the central personnel agency commonly called Public Service Commission is responsible to conduct competitive examination. Spoils system (also known as a
patronage system) is an informal practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working towards victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party—as opposed to a system of awarding

Human Resources Management (HRM) in Bangladesh Civil Service

In the years of East India Company’s rule, the system of civil services was first established in the Indian Sub Continent. With its slight modification, this system with colonial legacy continued through both in Pakistan and India after partition of the Indian Sub-Continent in 1947, and is designated Bangladesh Civil Service after the emergence of Bangladesh. At the early stage of British rule in India, two exclusive groups of civil servants were working with the central government, such as (a) Covenanted Servants signing an agreement with the East India Company, (b) Uncovenanted Servants not signing the agreement.