33rd BCS Exams
1.84 lakh to vie for 4,206 posts
Nearly 1.84 lakh candidates are going to sit for the upcoming 33rd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination under Public Service Commission (PSC).
The PSC finalised the number of eligible candidates yesterday after the last date of submitting application ended at 11:59pm on Saturday.
This year the commission received a record number of applications. The number of candidates for 32nd BCS, which was special one, was 24,000 while 1.63 lakh applied for 31st BCS.
The commission, however, decided not to extend time to apply for the examination as it had earlier cautioned the candidates not to apply on the last date, fearing pressure on the server, said the PSC Controller of Examinations AYM Nesar Uddin.
The PSC this year, for the first time, launched online registration system for the BCS examinees. The date for application and paying registration fee began on March 8.
However, some of the candidates alleged that they could not log on to the PSC's website and could not submit registration fee through the state-owned mobile phone operator Teletalk for the last couple of days.
Some even said they did not receive the confirmation messages from Teletalk.
Nesar said there might be a few candidates who faced the difficulties because of applying on the last date. But, he said those who applied before the stipulated time and received the confirmation message from Teletalk will be eligible candidates.
The 33rd BCS aims at filling up 4,206 vacant government posts. This time, under the general category, 300 will be recruited for BCS (administration), 89 for police, 69 for tax, 16 for foreign affairs and 566 for general cadres.
The government eyes recruitment of 2,905 under professional/technical cadres including 2,572 doctors.
Apart from these, 607 people will be appointed as teachers under BCS (education) and 112 for the teachers' training college.
The preliminary examination is likely to be held at the end of May, said the sources in the PSC.
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