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Survey To Open Up Job Vistas,Aims To Solve The Unemployment Problem In The Hill StateBy Shashank, Section Jobs Wanted/Available
Sikkim has carried out a survey and career counselling operation covering about 5,000 students in 142 schools. The exercise, done for the first time in the hill state, aims to solve the unemployment problem.
The findings will be used in capacity building programmes, including setting up of new training institutions and determining the quantum of interest-free education loans that the state has kept aside for training its youth. "We outsourced a professional career counselling organisation based in Calcutta for the job," said L.N. Pradhan, the director of capacity building, a new wing under the department of personnel, which was set up a year ago. The study report would also help in developing human resources required in various sectors, he added. "Right now, a gap exists between the number of openings available in the public and private sectors and the number of skilled people from the state that can fill these slots. The survey will be useful at a time when the shift from farming to other secondary and tertiary professions has started," Pradhan told The Telegraph here from Gangtok. Click On "Full Story" For More..
The exercise was carried out in two phases on all Class X students of the four districts in the state. "We covered South and West districts in February, when our team of five trained counsellors and 17 employees visited 69 schools," said Jaishankar Iyer, the counselling coordinator of Drishti, the Calcutta-based organisation.
"The second phase was carried out last month when we visited 73 schools in East and North districts. Psychometric tests and student interviews, both in groups and individually, were held," Iyer said. "We first found out the aptitude of the students and the careers they were inclined to follow. We then told them about the modern career options available both within the country and abroad." The survey showed that the majority of the rural students who wanted to go in for graduation opted for traditional careers like teaching, government jobs, the army, the police and even doctors, said Sanjay Thapa, a co-counsellor in the exercise. "This was because the rural students have not had exposure to various avenues and areas of specialisation that are now available. A part of the operation was also to create awareness about these new options," Thapa added. Source: The Telegraph 18/July/2008
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