Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury who is heading the Public Administration Reform Commission finds the inclusion of education and health in the civil service cadres “irrational”, saying these are specialised departments and should be excluded from the cadres as recommended.
At a discussion held at the Ministry of Public Administration, he said the reform commission would present its opinion in favour of creating a separate commission for health and education like the Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission.
The meeting was attended by journalists on duty at the Secretariat, including Mokhlesur Rahman, the commission’s member secretary and senior secretary of the ministry.
Abdul Muyeed said, “Health and education are separate. We recommend that they should not be included in the cadre; it’s irrational.
“An eye doctor, a dentist, and a general physician are not receiving promotions together.
“Thus we recommend not keeping them in the cadre. Let the salary be increased, as it is a specialised department.
“Except for these two departments, everyone can remain part of the cadre system.”
The reform commission will also recommend establishing two divisions, Cumilla and Faridpur, as proposed by the previous government.
Mokhlesur said, “Given the demands of the people of Faridpur and Cumilla, the commission has decided to suggest the establishment of divisions in these two districts.
“We have mapped it out. To create these two divisions, a few districts will need to be transferred from one division to the other.”
After Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Rangpur, and Barishal, the government approved the formation of Mymensingh Division with four districts from Dhaka division on Sept 14, 2015, during a meeting of the National Implementation Committee on Administrative Reforms/Reorganisation, or NICAR.