Panel to review global practices about quota system for govt jobs

The committee formed to review the quota system for government jobs has decided to collect information on the quota system from various sources worldwide in addition to setting a work process during its first meeting, reports bdnews24.com.

The one-and-a-half-hour meeting chaired by Cabinet Secretary Mohammed Shafiul Alam was held on Sunday.

The committee will try to submit the report by the 15-day deadline, Abul Kashem Md Mohiuddin, additional secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, told reporters.

It will collect info on the quota system for next seven days, he added.

Committee members, including secretaries of the Public Administration Ministry, Liberation War Affairs Ministry, Prime Minister's Office, Public Service Commission, the Finance Division and Legislative and Parliament Affairs Division, were present in the meeting.

The government appointed the cabinet secretary to lead the seven-member panel on July 02 in an effort to stave off further protests from quota protesters.

The committee has been instructed to submit its recommendation to the government with necessary and logical directives to reform or abolish the quota system by July 23.