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Job seekers block Shahbagh to demand swift approval of govt job age

Published : Tuesday, 15 October, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 363
A group of students are staging a sit-in protest in Dhaka's Shahbagh to demand the swift certification of a proposal to raise the maximum age limit for entering public sector jobs to 35 years for men and 37 years for women.

Several job seekers joined the demonstration in front of the National Museum on Monday morning.

At present, the age limit to apply for jobs in the public sector is 30 years.

The movement to raise the age bar for government jobs to 35 years has been ongoing for over a decade. But the demand was rejected several times by the erstwhile Awami League government.

After the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina administration by a student-led mass uprising in August, the issue gained renewed traction and the interim government formed a commission on Sept 30 to look into the reform.

The review committee has already issued a report after reviewing the demands of the protesters and recommended raising the age threshold for male applicants to 35 and female applicants to 37.

"We have been protesting to increase the age limit for jobs for 12 years. We were also attacked by the autocratic government several times," said Mamun Rashid, a coordinator of the movement.

"We have broken Article 144 under the rule of the current government to continue our movement. However, this government has formed a commission to assess our demands and recommended raising the age limit to 35 years for men and 37 years for women. We will be grateful if the state accepts it. But the student population won't accept a delay of even one day."

When asked why the protesters had gathered in Shahbagh despite the recommendations made by the panel, he said: "We don't believe in any assurances. We have gotten many assurances before. But our demand wasn't met. We want a notification to be issued in line with the commission's recommendations."

"We want the minimum age to enter the workforce to be 35, not 32 or 33."

Ahmed Tanzil, another coordinator of the movement, said: "We have been protesting for a long time. Afterwards, the government formed a committee. Upon discussions with us, the five-member reform panel recommended raising the age limit for entering government jobs to 35 for men and 37 for women within seven working days.

"Today's programme is being held to demand that this recommendation be published in the form of a notification soon."

He emphasised that the review committee formed by the government saw their demand as reasonable.

"The advisors will have a meeting today. This is why we want the notification to be announced today. Our programme will continue until the announcement is made."    —bdnews24.com


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