DU students demand rational rearrangement to existing quota system

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DU Correspondent
Dhaka University students demanded a rational rearrangement to the existing quota system in all government services including Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) by cutting the existing 55 per cent of quota before the upcoming 28th BCS examination.
Students' Movement against Oppression, a platform of DU students supported by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), placed the demand at a press conference at the university's Madhu's canteen Saturday.
"We want a suitable solution to the existing quota system immediately so that the meritorious students are awarded proper evaluation alongside showing respect to the freedom fighters by preserving a logical number of quota for their children in government services", Khomeni Ihsan, convener of the student body, said.
In reality, only six to eight out of 30 per cent quota for the children of freedom fighters and one to two out of five per cent for the tribal had been filled up during the previous BCS exams. But how the remaining seats of these two quotas had been filled up, were not clear, they said.
They said the existing quota system, that undermined the efforts of meritorious students to enter various vital posts of the state, should be reformed as the entire teacher community, members of civil society and even the chairman of Public Service Commission of the country seek sought such reforms to the system.
They also demanded withdrawal of state of emergency before February 21 to make the wheel of the country's economy dynamic, restore the fundamental rights to the people and keep the judiciary from any interference.
After the press conference, over five hundred students brought out a procession on the campus to realise their demands.