Government Information and Communication Technology Officers' Forum has urged the prime minister to introduce an ICT cadre service.
The forum in a memorandum submitted to the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on June 30 said that over 250 posts of first class ICT officer are available at different government ministries and agencies under the revenue sector.
The ICT officials have for long been deprived of promotion as they are appointed to the posts directly, not by the Bangladesh Public Service Commission, the forum said, adding that it had creates frustration among them.
The parliamentary standing committee on science and information and communication technology ministry on June 4, 2009 recommended creating a post of ICT official in every upazila under the ministry and introducing a separate cadre service for the officials, the memorandum mentioned.
More than 3,000 students graduate in ICT from the public and private universities of the country every year but there is no specific government job for them, it added.
The forum appealed to the prime minister for giving necessary instructions to the authorities concerned to introduce a separate cadre service in government for ICT.
Source : New Age
