Shawkat Mahmud Shahin, a student of Chittagong University, said: “The government must fulfil our demand. Why shall we be deprived of our right?
“According to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, we have achieved middle income status. Then why shouldn’t we get scope like the other countries where the age limit is more than 35 years?”
Citing examples of countries like Russia, Hong Kong, South Korea and the UK, he said qualified people can get jobs even a day before retirement in these countries.
Another protester, Sanjoy Das said: “We will decide on the next course of action on Wednesday. A memorandum will also be submitted to the prime minister on Saturday.”
In 2012, then speaker Abdul Hamid drew the prime minister’s attention on extending the age limit to 35 years.
The proposal was accepted by the Parliament but was not implemented, Sanjoy said.
Sabina Akter Sheuly, a vice president of Chhatra League, said: “Many students remain involved in politics in college or university till they turn 29 years. In that case, how can they prepare themselves for job sector in a single year?”
Hosne Ara Shefali, principal of Begum Badrunnesa Government Women’s College, said: “After affiliation of seven colleges with Dhaka University, we will face some session lag, but it will be solved once the results are published.”
Claiming there is no session lag at Jagannath University, Vice-Chancellor Dr Mijanur Rahman said: “I request students to try for jobs at the earliest.”
Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Md Akhtaruzzman said: “Raising the age limit has both positive and negative aspects.
“We can also fix it at 40 but then the number of job seekers will increase immensely.”
When contacted, Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairman Dr Muhammed Sadique told Dhaka Tribune: “We only follow government’s directions. Age limit is fixed by the government not us.”
Talking about age limit abroad, he said: “It is flexible in case of contractual appointments. Even we have the same facilities. We can’t compare contractual and regular service.”
Results of master’s examination for 2014, which was completed in July 2017, has not been published while the exam date of 2015, 2016 and 2017 sessions are yet to be fixed.
Moreover, a three-year degree course takes five years to complete under National University.Students from different colleges and universities have been demonstrating for weeks demanding extension of recruitment age limit for government jobs to 35 years.
They had been staging demonstrations in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka since January 27 under the banner of “Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Parishad.”
The agitators, who were also on hunger strike since February 2, suspended their program from February 11 to 14.
Protesters say age limit should be increased as students fail to graduate on time because of session lag, and even private organizations avoid appointing candidates over 30 years of age.
They said when average life expectancy was 45 years, age limit for government jobs was 27, when life expectancy was 50, age limit was 30, and now that average life expectancy is 72, age limit should also be raised.
Some of the protesters demanded reducing candidates under quota system and recruiting people based on merit.
However, experts feel that increasing the age limit would only increase the number of job seekers.
Shawkat Mahmud Shahin, a student of Chittagong University, said: “The government must fulfil our demand. Why shall we be deprived of our right?
“According to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, we have achieved middle income status. Then why shouldn’t we get scope like the other countries where the age limit is more than 35 years?”
Citing examples of countries like Russia, Hong Kong, South Korea and the UK, he said qualified people can get jobs even a day before retirement in these countries.
Another protester, Sanjoy Das said: “We will decide on the next course of action on Wednesday. A memorandum will also be submitted to the prime minister on Saturday.”
In 2012, then speaker Abdul Hamid drew the prime minister’s attention on extending the age limit to 35 years.
The proposal was accepted by the Parliament but was not implemented, Sanjoy said.
Sabina Akter Sheuly, a vice president of Chhatra League, said: “Many students remain involved in politics in college or university till they turn 29 years. In that case, how can they prepare themselves for job sector in a single year?”
Hosne Ara Shefali, principal of Begum Badrunnesa Government Women’s College, said: “After affiliation of seven colleges with Dhaka University, we will face some session lag, but it will be solved once the results are published.”
Claiming there is no session lag at Jagannath University, Vice-Chancellor Dr Mijanur Rahman said: “I request students to try for jobs at the earliest.”
Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Md Akhtaruzzman said: “Raising the age limit has both positive and negative aspects.
“We can also fix it at 40 but then the number of job seekers will increase immensely.”
When contacted, Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairman Dr Muhammed Sadique told Dhaka Tribune: “We only follow government’s directions. Age limit is fixed by the government not us.”
Talking about age limit abroad, he said: “It is flexible in case of contractual appointments. Even we have the same facilities. We can’t compare contractual and regular service.”
Results of master’s examination for 2014, which was completed in July 2017, has not been published while the exam date of 2015, 2016 and 2017 sessions are yet to be fixed.
Moreover, a three-year degree course takes five years to complete under National University.
Shawkat Mahmud Shahin, a student of Chittagong University, said: “The government must fulfil our demand. Why shall we be deprived of our right?
“According to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, we have achieved middle income status. Then why shouldn’t we get scope like the other countries where the age limit is more than 35 years?”
Citing examples of countries like Russia, Hong Kong, South Korea and the UK, he said qualified people can get jobs even a day before retirement in these countries.
Another protester, Sanjoy Das said: “We will decide on the next course of action on Wednesday. A memorandum will also be submitted to the prime minister on Saturday.”
In 2012, then speaker Abdul Hamid drew the prime minister’s attention on extending the age limit to 35 years.
The proposal was accepted by the Parliament but was not implemented, Sanjoy said.
Sabina Akter Sheuly, a vice president of Chhatra League, said: “Many students remain involved in politics in college or university till they turn 29 years. In that case, how can they prepare themselves for job sector in a single year?”
Hosne Ara Shefali, principal of Begum Badrunnesa Government Women’s College, said: “After affiliation of seven colleges with Dhaka University, we will face some session lag, but it will be solved once the results are published.”
Claiming there is no session lag at Jagannath University, Vice-Chancellor Dr Mijanur Rahman said: “I request students to try for jobs at the earliest.”
Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Md Akhtaruzzman said: “Raising the age limit has both positive and negative aspects.
“We can also fix it at 40 but then the number of job seekers will increase immensely.”
When contacted, Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairman Dr Muhammed Sadique told Dhaka Tribune: “We only follow government’s directions. Age limit is fixed by the government not us.”
Talking about age limit abroad, he said: “It is flexible in case of contractual appointments. Even we have the same facilities. We can’t compare contractual and regular service.”
Results of master’s examination for 2014, which was completed in July 2017, has not been published while the exam date of 2015, 2016 and 2017 sessions are yet to be fixed.
Moreover, a three-year degree course takes five years to complete under National University.