The government has decided to set the maximum age limit for entering government jobs at 32 years. Now, the decision will not change even if there is a movement to increase the age further, said Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Water Resources.
She made these remarks at a press conference organized at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital on Thursday (October 24) night.
Asked about the BCS exam not being taken more than three times, she said, “If the same person takes the exam repeatedly, not everyone may get the opportunity. Considering those issues, we have decided to take the BCS exam a maximum of three times. No decision has been made on the retirement time.”
Also present at the press conference were - Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam and Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser Mahfuz Alam.
Earlier, in the meeting of the advisory council chaired by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, it was decided to increase the maximum age limit for entry into government service to 32 years. However, no decision was made on the age for retirement from service. That is, the retirement age will remain as it is now.
The meeting approved the draft of the ‘Maximum Age Limit for Direct Appointment in Government, Autonomous, Semi-Autonomous, Statutory Government Authorities, Public Non-Financial Corporations and Self-Governing Bodies Ordinance, 2024’. It includes the issue of the maximum age limit for entry into service.
Currently, the general age limit for entry into government service is 30 years. However, the maximum age limit for applying under the quota for children of freedom fighters is 32 years. A group of job seekers had been agitating for a long time demanding that the age limit for entry into service be increased to 35 years.