Another Whip on Npsc Exam in the Making

The present scenario of job hunter versus job avenue is becoming a huge mismatch given the educated unemployed figure hovering above 70,000 mostly graduates in various disciplines who are desperately running from pillar to post in this job dry land of Nagaland. More so, thousands more graduates are being churned out every year where, most of the highly qualified aspirants are on the verge of over-age without a click in their sojourn of job hunting. Whereas, on the other hand the coarser midrange aspirants sneak into a plum govt. job known as “backdoor” best kept secret for best reasons. Nevertheless, according to the demand and supply principle, abundant supply is useless without demand equilibrium however sadly, we have overflowing supply when the job-market is completely dry in this industrial nil state of Nagaland. Whereas, under such circumstances the govt. becomes a helpless spectator as its system itself is already saturated with over staff but neither have the wisdom to explore Employability Avenue in industrial activities through financial stimulus in concord with the policy of “Make in India” as had been in other states. Notwithstanding the bottleneck job market, the aspirants in their pursuit of crème de la crème had not diminished their hope of clicking a bright future with their hard-earned qualifications but alas! Another stumbling block awaiting them if the new NPSC rule is really to be promulgated by the state govt. of Nagaland as was asserted by the PSAN recently. Well, a move to scrap class-III posts from the NPSC exam is nothing but yet another ploy to give a freehand to the politicians to maneuver all their ways to their advantage especially at this crucial juncture when, next election is just knocking at our doorsteps. Therefore, the following context may throw some light on their (Politicians) misadventure propaganda where, we shouldn’t remain a mere spectator but gather up the courage to say black is black and white is white especially the appropriate forum NSF the fore runner of the students and their future. Within the ambit of the state govt. service rules, there’s a provision to make requisition through departmental exam in the form of written and oral on certain category of Cl-III posts but not necessarily all the grade III post since it carries variable status and scales according to the nature of post and thus requisition of those posts through NPSC become a fulfilling criteria. There were instances where, most of the departments went hush, hush manner that only a circle of well connected people umpteen time got the chance whereas the rest came to know only after the declaration of the result. Thereby, most of the highly qualified aspirants failed to apply for the post due to poor dissemination of information. In a departmental exam, generally it’s a known fact that there are several lobbying groups, recommendation from ministers, MLA etc. along with undeclared department officers’ quota thereby making it just a farce without any substance. In departmental exam, there’s a greater chance of manipulation such as nepotism, tribalism, favouritism for the fact that many well known circle, kin and clan of the director, attached officers are easily accessible and thus conveniently connive with them in the form of goodwill gift and take….you know best. In department’s requisition exam not necessarily evil but umpteen time showed that many ad hoc appointees get the first privilege and virtually left just marginal posts for the other aspiring candidates. The process in the department’s exam in most cases lacks transparency of one’s scoring mark in both the written and oral marks and gradation are hardly shown or never. Conservative estimation shows that 75% of today’s gazetted officers are political appointment in Class III, who were in the later stage regularized with formality interview that never made known to the public. Invariably, the actual qualities of those officers (Not necessarily all) are known by many Naga intellectuals that all their works and responsibilities are being carried out by their subordinates where, they (Officers) become just a rubber stamp in their administrative activities. Then, what is the advantage that this Class III should be scrapped from the NPSC and entrust them to the respective departments and whether this institute is incompetent to carry on the assigned responsibilities, if so the reason thereof. N.Haisoyi Ndang