World record in
Nepotism ?
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Here is dictionary definition of Nepotism :
“
the practice among those with power or
influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs “
Context :
Business
Line ( 26 Feb ) carries following news :
“
Recruitment world record ? Rlys begins hiring of 90K staff “
In what is being touted as the world’s biggest recruitment exercise, the railways has kick-started the
process to hire 89,500 employees, including assistant loco pilots,
technicians, gang men, switchmen, trackmen, cabin men, welders and porters.
The state-run transporter’s move to
provide jobs to around one lakh
youth, from high school pass students to
engineers, seems to be aimed at blunting the opposition’s criticism that enough
jobs were not being created under the NDA government.
The railways has issued notifications for
hiring of 63,000 jobs in the Group D category
that includes gang men, trackmen, and another for hiring 26,500 personnel as
loco pilots and assistant loco pilots.
Why this could create a World Record in Nepotism ?
Simple !
Going by NDA government’s announcement , starting Jan 2016 , there can be NO INTERVIEWS for jobs in
Group D category ! ( see my blog
below ) .
Two days ago, during his address at the Global
Business Summit , Shri Modiji referred to this decision as one more example of REFORM
And going by the recent past experience, it is also
reasonable to assume that for each of those 63,000 vacancies , there will be
1,000 applications
A total of 63 million applications !
Leaving aside the herculean task of having to receive
– sort – arrange – file ( vacancy wise ) , these unreadable “ paper applications “ , the unanswered question
is :
“ In absence of any interview , WHO will select WHOM
and on WHAT basis ? “
Sunday,
25 October 2015
NO
INTERVIEWS FOR B / C / D ?
Hon
PM , Shri Modiji has announced that , starting 01 Jan 2016 ,
there will be no interviews for recruitment in B / C / D categories of
employees in Central Government
You
may like to call this :
A
/ B / C / D of Interviewing ! or , Non-Interviewing ?
Henceforth
, recruitment would be made only
on the basis of marks scored by
candidates in written exams , conducted by ,
STAFF
SELECTION COMMISSION ( SSC )
Believe
me , there will be 2589 applicants scoring 94 % mark !
In
which case , who gets that job ?
Candidates with surnames starting with " A / B / C
" ?
Candidates belonging to OBC / SC
/ ST quota ?
State-wise / Population-wise Quota ?
Candidates having Ph D / Master degree ?
Last
year , SSC recruited about 55,000 employees from 17 million applicants ( 309 applicants for each vacancy )
Now
take a look at the following news ( DNA / 11 Sept 2015 ) :
Against
368 vacancies of " Peons " advertized by UP Govt , applications
received were as follows :
*
Total Number of applicants.............. 20 lakh
{ 5,435 applicants for each post
! }
*
No of PhDs.................................... 201
*
No of Master Degree holders............ 20,056
*
No of Bachelor Degree holders.......... 1,23,000
*
No of 12th Standard pass................. 6,00,000
*
No of 10th Standard pass................. 8,20,000
{ Minimum prescribed Edu Qualification = 10th Standard }
I
suppose the Edu Profile ( and Min Edu Quali ) of those applying for Central
Govt jobs in B / C / D categories , is no different
If
so , those applicants holding Ph D / MA , qualifications , can be expected
to" Top the lists "with high marks ! And corner all
jobs ?
Will
that lead to ,
Getting higher Educational
Qualifications ?
Getting higher marks in 10th
/ 12th Std for admissions to Colleges ?
Bribing college examiners ?
Huge amount of
frustration/resentment among those Ph Ds for taking up a job below their skills
?
What
is the rationale behind the decision to do away with the interviewing ?
HT
( 26 Oct 2015 ) quotes Shri Modiji :
“
I have never heard of a psychologist who can evaluate a person during an
interview of one to two minutes “
*
Shri Shekhar Singh
Interview
did not serve a purpose for junior posts, particularly when the government had
never defined the attributes of a civil servant for a particular job
No
doubt , these are very valid points , which " No Interview " decision
seems to answer in short term
But
the long term answer is :
*
Preliminary elimination based on 10th
/ 12th Std marks
*
Define those " attributes "
for each job
*
Design ONLINE " Psychometric
Tests " around those
Attributes
*
Cut-off percentile based on these
ONLINE tests
*
Distributing Successful candidates for personal ONLINE Interviewing by hiring
Government Departments , using a portal called,
This ONLINE interviewing can also be Out-Sourced to
reputable private sector
Recruitment Companies ( Public / Private Collaboration ? )
*
Skype based ONLINE Video
Interviewing , thru
*
An exhaustive/objective " ASSESSMENT
SHEET " ( with 5 point
weighted average scale on 10 attributes ) , to
be filled up
ONLINE , in the portal by
the interviewers, with final
recommendations on the suitability
of interviewed candidates
This will be transparently available for viewing by ALL citizens
No need for RTI application !
When
implemented , this would become , one of the finest example of e-Governance
thru DIGITAL INDIA
And
, not at all difficult for India - the Software Superpower , if there is a
Political Will
TCS
/ INFOSYS / WIPRO would do this in 3 months !
27 Feb 2018
www.hemenparekh.in
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