PSC office demanded in Rangpur
Students of different institutions in the city formed a human chain in front of the press club yesterday, demanding establishment of Public Service Commission (PSC) zonal office here.
They also demanded for raising age limit for government jobs from 30 to 35 years.
Earlier, they brought out a procession that paraded the main streets of the city in favour of their demands.
At the human chain, the participants said that the government established the zonal office of PSC in all divisions except Rangpur while over 50,000 here appear at different examinations, including BCS, under the commission round the year.
There are 21 honours level colleges, two public universities, six government and non-government medical and dental colleges in eight districts under the division. Besides, it has more than 250 degree level colleges, they said.
The job seekers of the division, most of them hail from middle class families, have to face financial crisis to participate in the examinations in Rajshahi and Dhaka.
Considering the woes of the applicants, the participants urged the government to take steps to set up the office in the division without much delay.
They, however, threatened to go for tougher programmes like hartal if the demands were not met immediately.
Later, they submitted a memorandum to the DC to realise the demands.
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