Following serious jobs crisis, people with professional degrees such as M. Tech, B. Tech, and MBA, postgraduates as well as graduates are competing to bag jobs as sweepers and sanitary workers in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Secretariat.
On September 26, the Secretariat sought applications for the posts of sweepers(10 vacancies) and sanitary worker(4 vacancies) and a total of 4,607 applications were received for just 14 vacancies, including from the Employment Exchange.
The only qualification required for either job was that a candidate should be able-bodied. The minimum age limit for the jobs was 18 years, while the maximum age limit differed.
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The National Statistical Commission’s reports over jobs have showcased the unemployment rate has been at 4 decades high resulting in highly educated candidates applying for menial jobs.
Unfortunately, it is not unusual in India for people with professional qualifications to fight for menial jobs. Earlier, 93,000 applicants, including PhD holders had applied for 62 peon posts in Uttar Pradesh. Similarly, 7,000 applicants, including highly educated ones, had applied for 13 waiter posts at the canteen in Mantralaya in Mumbai.