Police verification of candidates before recruitment to government jobs is not a new issue. This process is usually done to verify whether there are any cases, arrests, convictions or information about involvement in crimes against candidates.
But the question arises elsewhere. When a candidate passes the exam and receives a recommendation for recruitment, on what basis is he/she being excluded during the verification, how relevant is that information and how logical is the decision?
In 2025, fourteen thousand three hundred and eighty-four people were recommended for recruitment as assistant teachers in government primary schools in sixty-one districts. Out of these, more than two thousand seven hundred candidates have not received appointment letters. Five hundred and fifty-four candidates recommended in eleven districts have not yet received appointment letters. According to the recruitment rules, information about criminal cases, arrests, charges, convictions or any other crimes can be verified against a candidate.
That is, whether a candidate is involved in a crime is an important issue in recruitment. Public administration experts say that in many cases, during the verification process, information about the political identity or political affiliation of a candidate along with his own activities is also taken into consideration.
Now, when the motive for political unrest is gathering momentum, it is reported to NSI and there are field officers of NSI, you know. The field officers think they go to the village. They go to the village and ask the doctor, the chairman, the guru. Then they ask the people around. They collect information about whether the person is in school, whether he is in any case, whether he is a member of the family, etc.
Some recommended candidates did not get the appointment letter due to the negative comments of the intelligence agency. But the candidates complain that no clear reason is being given as to why they were excluded. Meanwhile, the candidates who did not get the appointment letter held a sit-in program in Shahbagh on Sunday.
They claim that they are not being told why they were excluded even after passing the exam and receiving recommendations for appointment. They also expressed concern about whether this verification will block government job opportunities in the future. Meanwhile, Education Minister Anom Ehsanul Haque Milon has said that steps will be taken to review the issue of candidates who have not received their appointment letters by October 1 and issue them in a step-by-step manner.