All-pervasive corruption
Lately two phenomena have drawn my attention intensely. One is the government decision of recruiting more than 20,000 primary school teachers which is really commendable as this level of education has been facing shortage of teachers. Moreover, primary education has always been given less importance than any other area of government's attention.
Another is a gruesome tale of corruption regarding government's recruitment which would be clear to anybody particularly to the recent applicants for government jobs. In fact, corruption is rampant in our administration, politics and society in the form of nepotism, favouritism, bribery, embezzlement , lobbying etc. Only for the sake of receiving payola and for being a plutocrat within a short period of time , some dishonest administrators and politicians plunge the nation into the deep ditch. Now let me explain the tale briefly.
The other day a friend of mine asked me whether I had anyone seeking a government job. Then he disclosed the bribe demand of different jobs. For the primary school teacher the amount is Tk 2 lakh. He even assured me that the amount would be taken after the applicant gets the job. That is how corruption thrives. Is anybody doing anything to put an end to it?
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