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Rajshahi Education Board

'Bribe' makes 10 illegal promotions imminent

Anwar All Rajshahi
In a gross violation of rules, the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi (BISER) is going to promote 10 officials, causing grievances among the rightful candidates and fuelling the fears of huge irregularities in future.
The promotions are due to be finalised in a meeting on Friday.
As per the board's rules, it is mandatory to fill 60 percent of vacant posts of class-I officers by putting BCS (education) officials on deputation, and the remaining 40 percent by promoting board officials based on their qualification, efficiency, and seniority, said Prof Abul Kashem, a member of the selection committee for the upcoming promotions.
"It'll be difficult for the board to provide
quality services if the rules are ignored," he told The Daily Star.
Meanwhile, BCS General Education Association (GEA) demonstrated on the board premises yesterday, demanding scraping of the promotion process.
GEA President Prof Nasrin Begum and Secretary General Prof Selimullah Khondoker also submitted a memorandum to the board chairman, Prof Abdur Rouf Mia, and threatened legal action if their demand is not met.
In June 2012, the 10 officials were put in the charge of the posts they may get promoted to.
The 10 paid Tk 1.5 lakh to Tk 2 lakh in bribe each to Prof Rouf, then secretary of the board, Prof Tanbirul Alam, then chairman of the board, and a then leader of the
employees in the hope that their promotions would be finalised later, said officials seeking anonymity.
The former two denied the allegations of taking bribes while the other was not available for comments.
Seven of the 10 joined BISER as class-Ill employees and were later promoted to class-II officers. The other three entered jobs as class-II officials.
Asked about the upcoming promotions, Chairman Rouf Mia told The Daily Star, "The process was actually initiated by my predecessor, and I am in a dilemma of what to do now. I am still discussing the matter with senior colleagues."
He, however, said the promotions would not be illegal. He explained the board had been promoting officials this way since 1995, and the Board Committee in March insisted on finalising the promotions of the 10.
Ex-chairman Tanbirul Alam, who had given the current charges to the 10 officials back in 2012, said he did it to deal with an emergency situation. "I also recommended filling the posts through a proper selection process."
BCSGEA chief Prof Nasrin Begum said it was not that the previous wrongs could not be corrected now.