A. K. M. Abdul Awal Majumder
A. K. M. Abdul Awal Majumder is a retired secretary and former rector of the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre.[1][2][3] He was the secretary of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education.[4] He was the secretary in the Ministry of Science and ICT.[5] He is a former additional secretary of the Ministry of Education.[6] He was the additional secretary of the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management.[7]
Early life
[edit]Majumder was born on 1 March 1957 in Basonda, Nangalkot Upazila, Comilla District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[8] He graduated from Batisha High School and the Comilla Victoria Government College.[8] He completed his bachelor's and master's in political science at the University of Dhaka in 1980 and 1982, respectively.[8] He studied at Johns Hopkins University as part of his Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program.[8]
Career
[edit]Majumder joined the 1982 batch of Bangladesh Civil Service.[8] He was trained at the Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Academy. In April 1984, he was appointed as assistant commissioner of land in Kishoreganj District.[8] He worked in the district till 1988 reaching the rank of acting Upazila Nirbahi Officer.[8] He was then appointed magistrate of Mymensingh Sadar Upazila.[8] He was the Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Gouripur Upazila and Singair Upazila.[8] He was the deputy commissioner of Faridpur District.[8]
Majummder was the senior assistant secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs.[8] Then afterwards he served in the Ministry of Establishments and the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education.[8] He was the deputy secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and later the Cabinet Division.[8] He served as joint secretary in the Cabinet Division and the Local Government Division, later holding the position of additional secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture. [8]
In September 2007, Majummder was the director general of the Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics.[9] He was the additional secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management in 2008;[10] he was previously serving in the Ministry of Education.[11][12] In March 2009, he was appointed additional secretary of the Ministry of Food replacing Ahmed Hossain Khan.[13] In August 2009, he was promoted to the rank of secretary and made an officer on special duty.[14] He was the director general of the Bangladesh Rural Development Board and chairman of the Land Reform Board.[8][15]
Majummder also served as secretary in the Ministry of Science and ICT in early 2009.[16] He was the vice-president of the Bangladesh Scouts.[17] He was then appointed secretary of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education.[8][18] He oversaw the recruitment of 15 thousand teachers for the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education in September 2011.[19] He received 5,000 digital pianos from the South Korean government.[20][21] In December 2014, he was appointed rector of the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre.[22] He was a director of the National Academy for Planning and Development.[22]
In 2021, Majummder said political connections were harming the chain of command of the Bangladesh Civil Service.[23]
Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Majummder spoke to the media about the sluggishness of the civil service and jitteriness after the fall.[24] He called for placing experience as the paramount requirement for promotions to secretary.[25] He supported the recommendations of the reform commissions.[26]
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "My Profile". My Blog. 2013-08-15. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ "Int'l Literacy Day today". The Daily Star. 2007-09-08. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ "Create professionals in disaster management". The Daily Star. 2008-08-15. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ "Six addl, joint secys transferred". The Daily Star. 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
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- ^ "Need for early childhood care stressed". The Daily Star. 2012-04-29. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
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- ^ "Controversial activities overshadow good work". Prothom Alo. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ "Civil admin runs slow as top tier still jittery". The Daily Star. 2024-10-01. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ "Govt moves to rein in easy ride to secy post". The Daily Star. 2024-09-08. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ "4 commission reports recommend key changes to set path for state, governance reforms". Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2025-02-12.