Although the number of humanities students participating in the BCS exam is more, but science students are leading by 32 percent in recruitment recommendations. This information has been obtained by reviewing the steps from last 41st and 43rd BCS application to recruitment recommendation.
A review of the results showed that the average of 39 percent passed the exam in humanities alone in the two BCSs. And from science departments alone, 30 percent students took part in the exams. Out of them, an average of 23.58 percent from humanities group and an average of 37.17 percent from science group have been recommended. If we add other branches of science including medicine and engineering to the results, it can be seen that 65 percent of the passers are students from science departments.
This information was found by reviewing the 2023 annual report of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC). This information was obtained from the annual report presented to Parliament on Thursday on the first day of the second session of the 12th National Parliament.
According to the results, among the recommended candidates in the 41st BCS examination, candidates from science departments had the highest 36.21 percent. If other disciplines of science are added, this rate stands at 64.94 percent. And among the recommended candidates in the 43rd BCS examination, the maximum number of science department candidates is 38.14 percent. If other disciplines of science are added, this rate stands at 65.83 percent.
Among them, the discipline-wise data analysis of the 41st BCS examination showed that out of 4 lakh 4 thousand 513 candidates, 1 lakh 52 thousand 492 candidates (37.60 percent), science department candidates 91 thousand 534 (22.57 percent), business education 87 thousand 828 (21.65 percent) department candidates, 36 thousand 98 (8.90 percent) engineering department candidates, 22 thousand 715 (5.60 percent) medical science candidates and 13 thousand 846 (3.41 percent) other department candidates. Candidates from humanities department are the most applied candidates followed by science department candidates.
Out of the 21 thousand 56 candidates who passed the preliminary test, 6 thousand 830 (32.44 percent) of humanities department, 6 thousand 500 (30.87 percent) of science department, 2 thousand 565 (12.18 percent) of business education department, candidates of engineering department 2 One thousand 954 (14.03 percent), medical science candidates 998 (4.74 percent) and other categories candidates 1 thousand 209 (5.74 percent) people. Among those who have cleared the preliminary test, humanities department is at the first position and science department is at the second position.
Among the 13,000 candidates who passed the written exam, 3,746 (28.82 percent) candidates from the humanities department, 4,249 (32.68 percent) science department candidates, 1,542 (11.86 percent) business education department candidates, 2,000 engineering department candidates. 235 (17.19 percent), 428 (3.29 percent) medical department candidates and 800 (6.15 percent) other department candidates. Among the candidates who passed the written test, science department has the highest number and humanities department is second.
After giving the viva of 41st BCS at the end of the two-stage examination, out of 2,516 recommended candidates, 588 (23.37 percent) from Humanities Department, 911 (36.21 percent) from Science Department, 226 (8.98 percent) from Business Education Department, Engineering Department 426 (16.93 percent), 297 (11.80 percent) from medical sciences and 68 (2.70 percent) from other departments.
On the other hand, out of 4 lakh 42 thousand 831 candidates who applied for the 43rd BCS exam, 1 lakh 64 thousand 58 (40.56 percent) of humanities, 1 lakh 2 thousand 18 (25.22 percent) of science department, 16 thousand 823 (23.94 percent) of business education department. percent), 47 thousand 315 (10.68 percent) of engineering department, 15 thousand 665 (3.54 percent) of medical science and 16 thousand 952 (3.83 percent) of other departments.
Humanities at 43rd highest and science at second position as per BCS 41st.
Among the 15 thousand 229 candidates who passed the preliminary test, 4 thousand 700 (30.86 percent) of humanities, 4 thousand 749 (31.18 percent) of science, 1 thousand 862 (12.23 percent) of business education, 2 thousand 518 (16 percent) of engineering department 53 percent), 403 (2.65 percent) of medical science and 997 (6.55 percent) of other departments. In the preliminary test, the humanities category is higher at 41st, but the candidates of science category are at the first position at 43rd.
Among the 9,840 candidates who passed the written examination, 2,510 (25.51 percent) were from Humanities, 3,269 (33.22 percent) candidates from Science Department, 1,157 (11.76 percent) Business Education Department, Engineering Department 1 thousand 918 (19.49 percent), 299 (3.04 percent) medical science and 687 (6.98 percent) other departments.
Candidates from science department have the highest number of candidates who have passed the written test in the sequence of preliminary test.
Out of the 2,163 candidates recommended in the 43rd BCS examination, 517 (23.90 percent), 825 (38.14 percent), 825 (38.14 percent), 177 (8.18 percent), business education, and 499 (23.07 percent) engineering candidates, medical science candidates 100 (4.62 percent) and other department candidates 45 (2.08 percent).