By W.G. Chandrapala
(October 13, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) A few days ago the Deputy Minister of Finance appearing on TV said that the government will take action to provide job opportunities to all unemployed graduates in the government sector. According to him this will be done in January next year
Doubts arise in the minds of parents of unemployed graduates regarding the sudden statement of the Minister since there is no proper plan to be implemented by the government to address this issue.
There are more than 30, 000 unemployed graduates in the country according to the latest statistics issued by the Department of Census and Statistics. It is difficult to understand how the government could solve this problem within a short period especially at a time the government is facing a financial crisis due to the crashing of the country’s economy.
However if the government can solve the country’s unemployment problem within such a short time giving a reasonable salary to the graduates it should be presented to the public giving full details of vacancies in government departments and the amount of funds it has allocated for this project. Meanwhile, a World Bank report says the government departments have excess staff and therefore action should be taken to reduce the employees in government institutions if World Bank is to grant financial assistance to the country.
In such a situation how could people believe the Minister’s statement? On the other hand demonstrations are held in every nook and corner of the country against unjust recruitment to government institutions. This is mainly due to the non-availability of the Independent Public Service Commission.
I feel that a national plan for education is needed for the country which should be followed for at least for 10 years to address this issue. In addition, appointing members to the Independent Public Service Commission is vital because the recent appointments that were made by provincial councils seem to have been done not on merit but on political influence. -Sri Lanka Guardian
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I don't think the government is obliged to provide jobs to the graduates..
Those are 25 years old or more, adults who have some brains than the others.
They should be capable of finding jobs,. THey never learn English or computer related subjects that is necessary for the current job market demand. All they do is waste time doing ragging or politics, and once the time is passed, they have no qualifications other than the University degree. The government provides free education even to the University level, and top on that most of them get Mahapola too.
This is the pathetic Nature of Sinhalese people,.. they are waiting for everything free and never try,... Even if these buggers get jobs, they will just warm the chairs and get the salaries, they will never work for the progress of the country...
I don't think the government should provide them jobs, let them figure out what to do,... Most of the other countries even don't provide free University education, let alone giving jobs for graduates,...
Let them sweat little bit for their future,....
It is not doutfull that the majority of these garduates are Arts graduates. This is the least demanded type of graduates. But the foolish deans of arts faculties produce arts graduates in excessive numbers.This is the cause of unemployement.
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