2018 Bangladesh Quota Reform Movement ‘The 2018 Bangladesh Quota Reform Movement is an ongoing students’ movement demanding, reforms in policies regarding recruitment in the Bangladesh government services. Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Adhikar Sangrakshan Parishad (Bangladesh General Students’ Right Conservation Council) initiated movement initially began in Shahbag and on Dhaka University ‘campus on 17 February 2018, and eventually spread country-wide by 8 April 2018. The movement rapidly attained popularity among students of different universities and colleges forcing the government to announce changes in its policy. Under the existing Bangladesh government recruitment system, 56 percent of government job entry positions are reserved for specific “entitled” classes: 30 per cent for children/grandchildren of 1971 "freedom fighters," 10 per cent for women, 10 per cent is for districts based on population, 5 per cent for ethnic minorities, and 1 per cent for people with disabilities. Asa result, only 44 percent of the job candidates are able to secure positions on the basis of merit, causing discontent among a large section of general students who say that they are deprived despite scoring higher than candidates who fall under any quota. Previous protests on the same issue were made in 2013 and 2008 but failed to bring change in government quota policy In July 2018, protests and counter-violence erupted at various Bangladeshi universities, particularly the University of Rajshahi (RU), over the ‘quota reform movement,’ which sought to change the quota system. RU's vice-chancellor, Professor M. Abdus Sobhan, dismissed the quota-reform movement as an "anti-government movement with a motive to carry out sabotage.” In the wake of the movement, the Cabinet of the Goverment of Bangladesh on October 3, 2018 issued a circular dismissing the quota system for recruitment in the ninth to thirteenth grad (formerly known as first and second class jobs). On July 30, 2019, the government said, there is ‘no quota in recruitment in 1st and 2nd class post (9th to 13th grade) at present, the quota for the post of 3rd and th class (14th to 20th grade) is still in force, but if no candidate of the relevant quota is found, it has to be filled from the merit list of the general candidate. In addition to clarifying the previous circular on quotas issued on January 20, 2020, the cabinet also approved a proposal provided by the Ministry of Public Administration to cancel quotas on direct appointments to eighth or higher grade posts in government jobs. Source: Adapted from htips://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018 Bangladesh _quota reform movement ‘The response paper is written on the next page.The 2018 Bangladesh Quota Reform Movement published in Wikipedia sheds light on the movement organized by a student body in protest of the quota system in the job sector in Bangladesh. It provides a background that fueled the movement at Bangladeshi universities. It also shows the outcome of the movement by presenting the government's decision about changes in the quota system agree with the content of the write-up to a large extent. I am quite pleased to see that the author depicts the image of the movement in a positive way. It is reasonable to see that the movement gained momentum at a massive scale among the university students of Bangladesh, It does not make sense to me as to why a large proportion of candidates will be given jobs based on quota. If they are academically less qualified, why would they be allowed to bypass those on merit? It is a clear disregard of competence, and an unfair privilege to them at the expense of the deprivation of the meritorious candidates. After the movement, the government has declared to implement changes in the quota system. But it still unjustly favors the quota seekers for jobs below the 1" and 2 classes. In my opinion, this unjust favor too should be withdrawn in favor of those who are competent. To conclude, the movement signals an admirable quest for justice. It awakens the collective conscience of the nation. At the same time, it ushers a hope for a bright future.