SC, ST Candidates “Content with Class III, Class IV posts”

SC, ST Candidates “Content with Class III, Class IV posts”

They seldom write exams for higher posts: officer

Chennai: Vacancies in class Scheduled Castes / Tribes in Central and State Governments are high compared to vacancies in class III and class VI posts, which are almost filled.

P.G. Ramachandran, sub-regional employment officer, Union Ministry of Labour and Employment, said here on Thursday that a majority of the SC and ST candidates were content with class III and class IV posts. Though the candidates were aware that they had 22.5 per cent reservation in all posts, they seldom attempted to write the civil service examinations for higher posts, However, a good many of them competed for clerical and lower level posts. The Government had set up 22 coaching-cum-guidance centres, including one in Chennai, to help equip the SC and ST students to take competitive and staff selection commission examinations.

Mr.Ramachandran said the centre was also registering SC and ST candidates in search of employment.

With institutions and industries looking to the centre for recruitment, it was acting as a recruitment agency for them. He regretted that through the centre had been functioning in Chennai since1970, most of the SC / ST candidates were not utilizing the facilities available.

Apart from conducting Pre-recruitment training, the centre was also organizing free skills training programmes for SC / ST welfare associations and non-governmental organizations, the centre was conducting guidance and awareness programmes throughout the State, including rural areas with participation of bank managers, state employment exchange officers and ITI principals.

Mr.Ramachandran said the centre’s service were free. The centre is located at 56, Santhome High Road, Chennai – 4. Telephone: 24615112.

SC, ST Candidates “Content with Class III, Class IV posts”

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