Approximately
50k aspirants sat for the historic, ‘Combined
Staff Recruitment Examination 2022’, conducted by Nagaland Staff Selection
Board, as recorded by the local newspapers in Nagaland. It was the first time
the CSRE was conducted under NSSB, which is in the lines of SSC. The number of posts
was 610 out of which few of them were for specialized candidates like
confectionary, hairdressing fashion designing, plumber, electrician etc. It was
a golden opportunity for the educated unemployed youths of Nagaland who had
invested their precious years seeking for government jobs but was not
successful in their endeavors due to various reasons. One of the reasons could
be lack of advertisement for the vacant posts in various governmental
departments of Nagaland. Many a times, these vacant posts are filled by
candidates on the grounds of nepotism and favouritism shown by the top-notch
executives, whether it be permanent or political executives. This is not
hearsay as there have been agitations about backdoor appointments in the state.
Such unethical appointments deprive the deserving candidates from securing a
government job.
Due
to all the politics involve around securing a government job, some may say, why
waste your time and energy in pursuing government jobs, try private sector
jobs. True, private sectors job is an alternative for government job, but we,
Naga youths, if not all then at least the majority give government job more
priority. And there is nothing wrong in doing so, everyone has different
approach to life, have different personality, have different level of energy
and creativity and have different preferences of what their working environment
should be. Moreover, capital generates capital, not everyone is blessed to be
born in a rich family to back up a startup and acquiring loan is not easy. Hence,
preference of government jobs over private sector jobs is justified,
Coming
back to NSSB, Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has done a remarkable job in
making NSSB a reality. Imagine, 610 falling under ‘questionable appointment’
category if NSSB had not conducted the CSRE. I hope in coming years too, the
exam will be conducted in a free and fair manner making the deserving ones get
the jobs they deserve. Lastly, let us not make fun of people who prepares for
various competitive exams conducted by the government but are not successful in
clearing any; it is more painful for the aspirants than for the people who
never sat for any of the competitive exams. Why sprinkle salt to their wounds! At
the same time, let us encourage one another to have a Plan B to make our lives
more balance when our Plan A fails.
