The long wait for jobs for Telangana youngsters may not end anytime soon as several intricacies are involved in the recruitment process and it could take a few more months to untangle before the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) can get into the act.
TSPSC itself is in a disorder with literally no employees to take up the employment process due to the delay in the employees division, and also the qualified employees available. Out of the 440 strength of the A.P. Public Service Commission in the combined State, only 121 were from the Telangana region and among these majority staff don’t have direct role in the recruitment process, official sources, declining to be identified, explained.
Among the 75-member clerical staff and section officers likely to be allocated to TSPSC after bifurcation 40 are attendants and 23 are junior assistants. While the TSPSC may need 75 section officers only 26 are available and they play a key role in any recruitment process. In fact, ‘under-staffed’ TSPSC will face its biggest challenge of executing any recruitment notification, whenever it comes.
The TSPSC is just a recruitment agency and not a job creation centre, points out a senior officer, admitting that students are annoyed and rightly so. “We share their agony and expectations but we can only act when the government notifies the vacancies and sends it to us,” he reveals.
The government, however, has its own limitations as of now. The employee division is yet to be done to identify vacancies following which the Finance Department has to give its nod. After the list is sent to TSPSC the scheme of the examination has to be prepared and the government has to accept it through a G.O. and pass it on to TSPSC to prepare the syllabus and announce the notification.
“Ministers’ statementsleading to unrest”“It’s a complicated and time-consuming process,” reveals another official. While this cycle may take a long time, the constant statements of the Ministers of filling vacancies soon in the media is creating unnecessary hype. “It is only confusing youngsters and forcing them to take up agitations,” he sighs.
TSPSC officials also argue that syllabi have to be changed to test the aspirants’ geographical, historical and political knowledge of Telangana as selected employees have to work here throughout their careers. “States like Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka test candidates extensively on their local knowledge,” reveals an official, adding: “About 40 per cent of the present syllabus is AP-centric and this definitely needs to be changed.”
