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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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SOCIAL WELFARE/SOCIAL WORK
(POST RELATED)
Subject Code: 361
Total Marks-200
Part-I
Marks: 100
(i) Meaning objectives, scope and necessity of social welfare or social work. Welfare State.
(ii) Nature of social work in pre and post industrial society, basic differences of social work between pre
and post industrial society, contributions of traditional social welfare to the development of
organized and modern social work.
(iii) Industrial Revolution, its meaning and impact on social life, Industrialization and Urbanization,
emergence of social problems due to industrialization and urbanization, social services to combat the
problems of industrialization and urbanization.
(iv) Relationship of social welfare/social work with other branches of science/social science -
Psychology, Sociology, Economics, Political Science, Anthropology, Philosophy and Public
Administration.
(v) Some important concepts related to social welfare: social work, social service, social security, social
change and social development.
(vi) Historical Foundation of social welfare in Indo -Pak-Bangladesh sub -continent: Ancient, Medieval
and British Period, Evolution of social welfare in Bangladesh.
(vii) Reform movement and its meaning and importance, some reform movements of the sub -continent-
Brahma Samaj, Faraizee Movement, Ram Krishna Mission, Mohammedan Literary Society and
Aligarh Movement.
(viii) Philosophical values of social work, contributions of major religions to the development of modern
social work-Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity. Human Rights and social justice and its
relationship with social welfare/social work.
(ix) Importance of social legislation in social welfare/social work, some important social legislations in
Bangladesh- the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1923, The Maternity Benefits Act of 1939, The
Children Act of 1974, The Dowry Prohibition Act of 1980.
(x) Social work as a profession: Definition and characteristics of profession, evolution of social work as
a profession, difference between professional non -professional social work. Social work in
Developing countries.