A four-member committee comprising officials of the establishment ministry was formed at its yesterday's meeting to prepare a draft within three months.

The government officials are frustrated as the competent ones are not getting the opportunity for career development, the committee observed. This is happening due to the absence of a proper career planning and development policy.

The four-member committee, headed by a joint secretary of the establishment ministry, will submit the draft to the parliamentary standing committee by year-end.

The committee will then meet with the prime minister, who is in charge of the ministry and also a member of the committee, and discuss the matter.

After the draft is finalised , it will be placed before parliament to make it a national policy, said Mia Golam Mohammad Parwar, member of the committee.

The establishment ministry has set up a career planning and training wing, but it has not started operating, Parwar told The Daily Star yesterday.

The meeting was informed that 98 officials are now acting as officers on special duty (OSDs).

Chairman of the committee Sarder Shakhawat Hossain Bakul presided over the meeting held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.