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BCS Education Cadre Officials’ ‘No Promotion, No Work’ Movement
The deprived education cadre officials have received no promotion during the one-and-a-half-year period of the interim government, coupled with their promotion deprivation ranging from five to twelve years, has caused severe discontent among them. They are supposed to be assistant professors after five years of working. However, many general education cadres of 32nd BCS officials have not received promotion even after serving the nation for more than twelve years. More than 400 lecturers from the 32nd and 33rd batches have met a similar fate. Besides, those who have completed 34th BCS ten years, 35th BCS nine years, and 36th BCS seven...
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BCS Education Cadre Officials’ ‘No Promotion, No Work’ Movement
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