The maximum age limit for entering civil service has been reduced for women. According to the report prepared by the 11-member sub-committee led by Dilendra Prasad Badu regarding the bill to regulate the formation, operation and conditions of service of the federal civil service submitted to the Public Order and Good Governance Committee, the maximum age limit for women to enter the service has been reduced.
In the bill, which is in the process of being passed by the committee, it is proposed that women can enter the service only up to the age of 39. Currently, there is a provision that women can enter the service up to the age of 40. Although the retirement age has been increased by 2 years from 58 to 60, the service entry age for women has been reduced by one year to 39.
The age limit for men's service entry has been proposed to be 35 years.
In section 18 of the bill which was made to regulate the formation, operation and conditions of service of the federal civil service, the government had proposed a provision of 37 years of age for women and 32 years for men . The sub-committee has revised the age limit and proposed to keep it at 35 years for men and to reduce it by 1 year to 39 years for women.
The employee trade unions have demanded that the service entry age should be maintained at 35 years for men and 40 years for women. The parliamentarians also say that it is not reasonable to reduce the service age of women by 1 year while increasing the retirement age by 2 years.
