Ministry to scrutinise quota system, says cabinet secretary

The Ministry of Public Administration will scrutinise the existing quota system and inform the prime minister about it, said Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam on Monday, reports UNB.

He said this while talking to reporters after a cabinet meeting at the Bangladesh Secretariat where an unscheduled discussion on quota system was held with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. "No decision was taken at the meeting on the quota system in public service but it must be scrutinised," Shafiul Alam said.

The job-seekers on merit list are deprived much due to the quota system, the meeting observed.

It further said no one is undermining the meritorious job-seekers and those who are on merit list are getting greater scope after modification in the [latest] job circular.