44th BCS viva voce suspended again

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) has once again postponed the viva voce of the 44th BCS due to unavoidable reasons.

BPSC issued a press release on the matter on Sunday (August 25).

The oral examination for the general cadre of the 44th BCS was initially postponed due to the violence during the quota reform movement protests.

The exams were rescheduled for September 1 to September 19, but have been postponed once more.

According to information from the PSC, 120 examinees were to take their oral examinations each day from September 1-18. On September 19, the remaining 76 candidates were to give their examinations.

A total of 11,732 applicants passed the written portion of the 44th BCS exam. They are now waiting to give their oral examinations.

The viva voce started on May 8 and were to end on July 31, but was postponed several times amid crises across the country.

The BPSC issued the notice for the 44th BCS examination on November 30, 2021.

The preliminary exams were held in the eight divisional cities on May 27, 2022.

Of the 350,716 applicants, only 276,760 sat for the exams, with nearly 21 percent absent.

A total of 15,708 applicants passed the preliminary exam.

The 44th BCS exam will appoint 1,710 applicants to positions in 25 cadres in the civil service.

It will appoint 449 job seekers to the general cadre, 485 to the technical cadre, 401 as general education teachers to colleges, 20 to general education in teacher training colleges, and 355 to teaching in technical education institutes.

Earlier, BPSC also postponed the written exams (compulsory and post-related) of the 46th BCS.