Job seekers turn 11 lakh in Telangana At the time of Telangana statehood movement ‘Jobs for unemployed youth’ was the most-shouted slogan. With the formation of Telangana state and the elation surrounding it quieten down, a number of educated youngsters now wait hopefully for recruitment notifications. The inordinate delay displayed by the then AP Public Service Commission (APPSC) in issuing notifications and filling up vacancies left many government job aspirants disheartened. According to the statistics available from the district employment offices, presently the Telangana state has over 11 lakh youth on unemployment, no matter what may be the reasons behind. The jobless feel that the recruitment agency should be out of political interfering to make it clear and recruitment should be time-bound. These aspirants hope that the government set up the recruitment agency at the earliest with the intention that they can stand a chance in terms of age. Rajesh Kumar of Mahbubnagar district pointed out, “The government should set up the recruitment agency within this year. Otherwise, due to age-related issues under eligibility criteria many including me have to opt out of the process.” It has become a practice over the years to take years to fill up the vacancies after issuing a notification. “So, the Telangana government should prepare a yearly calendar for recruitments, similar to the Union Public Service Commission recruitment process. For instance, the notification issued in 2008 took nearly four years to fill up vacancies in 2011,” he said, adding that it was not easy for aspirants like him to remain unemployed and take coaching classes by paying exorbitant fees. Besides, it turned out to be a major election promise made by the politicos in order to woo the youth vote-bank. The frequent legal hassle owing to the goofs- up in the recruitment drive has also contributed to the excessive delays, said Narasimha Reddy of Hyderabad. “It has become a norm that every recruitment examination gets mired in some legal controversy. In 2011, Group-II examination saw legal hassles due to some technical reasons. Similarly, the 2012 Group-I exam faced legal issues over mistakes in question paper key. Hence, even today over 15,000 candidates who had appeared for this examination have no idea about their fate,” he added. When inquire about the issue, TJAC chairman M Kodandaram said it was very important to form an agency that was corruption-free. “On UPSC recruitment model, we should chalk out an academic calendar and ensure that these examinations are held on time without any scope for corruption,” he pointed out.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:26:47 +0000
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