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Interviews for teachers' posts hit with nepotism
Meritorious candidates in lurch, fear raw deal
6/10/2014 12:15:00 AM
Early Times Report

Jammu, June 9: The story is neither new to J&K nor to its system so far as the question of making selection of candidates for various posts is concerned. Ongoing selection process of candidates for the posts of teachers across the state is only substantiating the allegations of nepotism and political influencing reigning supreme in final selection list. This 'norm' ruled the roost during the past over five years and continuance even today when the coalition government is at its fag end of tenure.
If sources are to be believed, the ongoing interviews for teachers posts is witnessing a lot of political interference, much to disappointment of those who are not able to manage this 'sifarish' from political bosses. Sources said even though the interviews are being held by a committee having non political members on board, still the political writ runs large in getting through as many candidates in the interviews. The Board with a senior bureaucrats, most of time concerned DCs having one of the member has academicians and educationists as members who are quite capable of deciding the capacity of the candidates on the basis of merit and knowledge. This Board is set up by the Service Selection Board, yet the ministerial influence pervades through it, in almost all the zones, sources further said. A number of candidates after having passed the written test were hopeful of getting through the interviews but their hopes got dashed to learn that many candidates have managed to score good numbers just on the basis of having a strong 'recommendation' from the influential quarters in the government.
Sources said this is happening mostly in some zones of Kashmir valley where meritorious candidates having no such influence are a worried lot after having come to know what reins supreme in scoring the marks. It has been disclosed by those few who only have managed so, said the sources adding that the administrative officers are not resisting pressure from political bosses in getting their recommended candidates through the interview process with high score. Sources said this has led all others to run after the politicians to get their 'work' done in almost blind manner.
Even some candidates have started offering money to others having contact with the ministers, said the sources. What is even more disappointing aspect is that some of the quarters in the government instead of refusing to extend this kind of unfair help are giving assurances, in some cases on a false promise that their selection is assured.Sources also said that the meritorious candidates are worried for the fact that a sort of imbalance which is likely to project in the marks they got in the written tests and the marks they are getting on the basis of political influence may not just mar their prospects but eventually delay the final appointment as seen in the past in many such cases where deserving and dropped candidates stall the procedure by seeking court intervention in the matters. Even as these allegations and complaints are galore, there is no one whom the candidates can approach for timely intervention. This is the irony they are faced with.
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