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]
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]
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]