Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 15: The engagement of private agencies for recruitments in Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has raised many questions and it might ultimately repeat the recruitment controversy of Khadi Village Industry Board (KVIB).
According to notification issued by JKBOSE in the month of January 2019, applications were invited from the candidates for recruitment against 84 posts of Junior Assistants. According to criterian a total of 50 marks are allocated for written test, 30 marks for typing test and 20 marks for qualification of candidates. The written test for the recruitment is yet to be conducted but if sources are to be believed the JKBOSE has once again decided to hire a private agency for making the recruitments.
"Since its constitution, the JKBOSE has become a rehabilitation ground for the close ones of bureaucrats as well as politicians, who get jobs by one way or the other while the deserving ones are left out", sources alleged, adding that it was easy for getting the selection lists' manipulated with the help of private agencies, rather than government recruitment agency, such as Service Selection Board.
"In the past recruitments also, some people got the jobs, even without having technical qualification as per the criterian mentioned in the job notification", sources said, adding that a large chunk of employees at the Board have been from the same locality, from where the Board has been operating in both the capital cities.
Sources further alleged that these Boards have been favourite destinations for the politicians, bureaucrats to adjust their relatives as well as close ones. "The recent controversy in the selection process in Khadi Village Industry Board (KVIB) was one such example and they had also hired a private agency for making recruitments but some relatives of politicians have got jobs", an official said, adding that similar would be the case with selections in the JKBOSE as it was also following the footprints of KVIB.
Questioning the hiring of private agencies for recruitment an official questioned the rationale of not engaging SSB for conducting recruitments by the autonomous Boards. "These Boards have been giving money to private agencies and they can also pay SSB to conduct recruitments as it would increase trust of people on the sensitive institution like Board", the official said, adding that Governor administration must take cognizance of the matter and instruct Board to engage some government agency for making recruitments. |
