The government has no plan right now to raise further the age limit for entering into government service.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina came up with the statement at the parliament during her scheduled question-answer session on Wednesday.
"The more we will raise the age bar, the scope for entering government jobs will be declined further. So, we donnot want to reduce that scope," she said
The Prime Minister said Bangladesh is a country of over 160 million people and it is necessary to expand the scope of jobs for them.
She, however, said that her government may consider the matter in future.
Sheikh Hasina said it was the Awami League government which first raised the age limit for retirement from the government service to 59 years from the previous 57 years.
"The age of retirement for the freedom fighters was further raised to 60 years," she said.
She said due to such increase of retirement age, a problem was created as many public servants could not get due promotions for which many of them had to leave their jobs.
"If we raise the retirement age all on a sudden, then the scope for promotion in the lower tier will decline," she said.
According to BSS, the leader of the House said it was the Awami League government which first introduced semester system in academic activities of various public universities and colleges for which there is now no session jam.
"We have also ensured improvement in the academic activities side by side expanding the scopes of education," the PM said.
