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.

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

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%

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.

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

The Secretariat System of Bangladesh

Since the British colonial days, the Secretariat (Bangladesh’s equivalent of the Whitehall) has been the pivot around which the entire system of public administration works. It may be described as the nerve center of all governmental activities, where policies are conceived, initiated, designed, and apportioned to field agencies for implementation. The Secretariat refers to a conglomerate of all ministries and divisions under them. The principal purpose of the Secretariat is to establish among discrete self-contained hierarchical units a formal network of authority relationships,

Structure of Civil Service Commission of Bangladesh

Basic information about structure of civil service

Type	Number
Number of Cadres	28
Number of Class-1 Officers	40000
Number of Ministries	31
Number of Divisions	52
Number of Departments	254
Number of Statutory Bodies	173

Source: Ministry of Public Administration, Government of Bangladesh 2009

The Structure of Bangladesh Civil Service

The government of Bangladesh has a two-tier administrative system. The upper tier is the central secretariat at the national level consisting of the ministries and divisions to provide policies and to perform clearinghouse functions. The other tier consists of ‘line’ departments/directorates attached to the ministries and divisions that are mainly responsible for general administration, service delivery to citizens and implementation of various government development programs at the sub-national level. (Ahmed: 2002). At present, the Bangladesh civil service has more than one million civil servants in 31 ministries, 52 divisions, 254 departments and 173 statutory bodies (MOE:2010). The internal organization structure of a ministry reflects a hierarchical order. A minister is in charge of a ministry and is normally the “political head” of that ministry.

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.

Development of Public Personnel Management (PPM) in Bangladesh

Public personal administration operates in a milieu of checks and balances. Especially this is a true in a government of a popular and democratic type. Because the personal system in such a government-particularly the system under which civil servants are recruited, the legal status as regards their tenure of employment, their compensation, opportunities for advancement, working conditions is one in which distinct parties have a direct interest; the general public, the government viewed as an employer and the employees.

Contribution of SWOP in Medical Social Work of Bangladesh

Social Welfare Outreach Project (SWOP), is a special Health care project of World Vision Bangladesh. The project had started in 1985 and mostly served secondary and tertiary health services to the poor and oppressed sponsored, non-sponsored children and their families, and community members who came from different world vision project areas.

Present Situation of Health Services in Bangladesh

Govt. Sector:
The services rendered by the government through the government hospital are far away from the rural poor people. They can not avail the services from the hospital for the corruption of health sectors. In resent time there are 92010 registered doctors in Bangladesh. The ratio of doctor: population is 7:3950. The registered nurses are 22000. There are 280 Govt. hospital in Bangladesh.

Health Structure of Bangladesh

The medical care services in Bangladesh are not enough, as we need. The health care services in Bangladesh are characterized with the shortage of doctors and nurses, medical institute, medicine and other medical equipment. People from the well-off family get the services from any private hospitals and clinics.

Scope of Medical Social Work in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, the department of social service operates hospital social service programs. There are many scope of medical social work in our country. Now we can discuss about the scope –

Medical Social Work in Bangladesh

• In 1954: In Bangladesh Medical social work introduces at the middle of twentieth century. The UNO and the Red Cross helped to run an experimental medical social work program in Dhaka Medical College.
• In 1959 : After the formation of national council of social work the peace of speediness of medical social work continues.

Activities of World Vision Bangladesh

Activities of World Vision Bangladesh are mentioned below by turns: 

Years	Activities
1970	Started programs in Sandip, Hatia & different coastal areas through giving relief.
1971	The refugee of Bangladesh who were in India were provided service.
1972	Assistance for the rehabilitation and infrastructural development  in Mymensingh.
1973	Started 18 new projects.

World Vision Bangladesh

World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the kingdom of God.

The Evolution of Micro credit Programs in Bangladesh

Micro credit is one of the ways of poor to acquire assets and to become productive. This kind of program was first attempted in 1976, when Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus[1]. a Bangladeshi economics and first Nobel laureates, introduced an experimental project to best whether the poor were creditworthy physical collateral.