45th BCS: 44 Candidates Refuse to Join Education Cadre Despite Receiving Gazette Notification
Despite being officially gazetted for the education cadre under the 45th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS), 44 candidates did not join their posts. As a result, the Ministry of Education has completed the final joining process for the 45th BCS education cadre, leaving 44 posts vacant.
The Ministry’s Secondary and Higher Education Division confirmed the matter in a notification issued on Thursday (November 5).
According to the notification, the joining letters of 339 lecturers who reported for duty have been accepted with effect from their respective joining dates. Of them, 25 joined as lecturers in Bangla, 23 in English, 19 in Political Science, 14 in Philosophy and 17 in Economics.
The notification further stated that 18 joined in Zoology, 12 in History, nine in Social Welfare, 23 in Chemistry, five in Psychology, 20 in Islamic History and Culture, 17 in Physics, 18 in Botany, six in Sociology, 17 in Mathematics, eight in Geography, two in Soil Science, 18 in Accounting, five in Marketing, 19 in Management, two in Finance and Banking, five in Agricultural Science, three in Statistics, one in Resource Management and Entrepreneurship, one in Institutional Food Management and 32 in Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
Earlier, on October 25, the Ministry of Education issued a notification appointing 383 candidates to the BCS (General Education) cadre through the 45th BCS examination, subject to 14 conditions. The appointees were required to report in person to the Rural Development Academy (RDA) in Bogura by November 1 to join their posts.
However, the Ministry of Education confirmed that only 339 candidates joined following the notification.
