Energetic time in public service preparation

The psychology of job security after entering the government service, pension facility after retirement, ease and simplicity in work, social prestige are also attracting the youth towards the civil service. It can be assumed that a generation is attracted towards civil service due to the dream of economic advancement in a short period of time, strong base of political relations, influence of power in social life.

The government of Nepal has arranged that the salary of civil servants, such as gazetted second class, will be 32 thousand 902 rupees. The salary of gazetted third class officers has been fixed at Rs 43,689. The state of governance and corruption in the government service can be easily guessed by looking at the salaries and lifestyles of the civil servants with exceptions. It may be unfair to make a comment that there are not honest and efficient national servants in the government service.

The Public Service Commission has set an age limit of 18 years to 35 years for entering the service, in the case of women, the age limit is up to 40 years. How scientific is the long age gap that makes the energetic time of life to be intoxicated by public service? It requires a careful analysis. As the unemployment problem in Nepal is taking a serious form, every day thousands of productive youth are migrating abroad in the name of education and employment. Another line of productive youth is on the cusp of getting higher education and entering government service. Due to poor economic conditions, lack of educational qualification and poor family conditions, only the youth who have not been able to go abroad and who have not joined non-governmental organizations or are outside the reach of the government service entry criteria seem to be contributing to agricultural production and wage labor.

According to the annual report of 2079/080 published by the Public Service Commission, 483 thousand 203 applications were received for the total number of 3 thousand 357 seats demanded by the Union for various service groups. The number of specific applicants is 165 thousand 874 because the same person has applied for different levels and service groups. The total number of applications received for 1 thousand 125 seats for various levels and service groups in Koshi under the State Public Service Commission is 146 thousand 69. There were 52,239 applications for 950 seats in Bagmati.

It seems that 23 thousand 234 applications have been received for some of the requested numbers in Gandaki. The number of applications received for 1 thousand 138 seats in Lumbini is 180 thousand 176. 73 thousand 330 people applied for 971 posts in Karnali. In Far West, there are 88,439 applications for 634 seats. The situation in Madhesh can be assumed to be the same even though the Public Service Commission of Madhesh Province has not released the annual report of 079/80 yet.

Analyzing the data of the Federal Public Service Commission as a base, it can be assumed that millions of productive academic manpower are caught up in the temptation of government service, even after reducing the number of people who apply repeatedly in the advertisements published by the Union and State Public Service Commissions. While preparing for the Public Service Commission examination, the productive time of most of the academically unemployed people is wasted.

The fact that millions of young people have fallen prey to the advertisement of limited vacancies indicates that the unemployment problem in the country is increasing. In this way, how can a large number of civil service entanglement be connected with production? It is necessary to focus the attention of the state in this direction. It is natural for the youth who consider the government service as the final point of their success to try to enter the service for a certain period of time, but despite hundreds of times of failure, they do not seem to be aware that other doors are closing while they are spending the energetic time of their lives in the hope of entering the service. That is why some young people may fall victim to mental illness after repeated attempts to enter the civil service fail.

Nepal's unscientific education system is the main cause of such problems seen in the current youth. The political leadership does not seem serious about making radical changes in the education system in order to reduce the unemployment problem. Instead, the productive unemployed youth are being entangled in various pretexts. Leaving aside the exception, dreaming of going abroad after obtaining a certain educational qualification or seeing one's future only in a government job has become a characteristic of the current generation.

The intention of this article is not to discourage those who are going to enter the government service, but if the target is not achieved in a certain time, they should not waste their productive time and look for alternative opportunities. If success is not achieved after continuous efforts of at most four years, one should have the ability to self-evaluate. It is necessary for the youth to be aware in time that all the paths of progress will be closed until they are freed from the addiction of government service entry. Entry into government services should not be regarded as one's prestige. Many opportunities can be created in one's own country to achieve success. The youth line that "There is nothing else in the village, money is money" can also be found in our society.

A young man from Gulmi who took up professional buffalo farming in the village after getting an educational degree said, 'It was difficult to save 10,000 a month while living in Kathmandu, now I am saving 50,000 a month easily in the village.' A university level certificate did not stop him from engaging in agricultural work. He can be a source of inspiration for the confused youth. In recent times, the stories of the young generation who are engaged in commercial agricultural work and earning a good income are tempting to see, hear and read. But due to the lack of effective policies of the state, the productive youth are not able to feel safe in the agricultural profession.

The educational system of developed countries is found to be professional in nature. At the school level, you should not carry a heavy load of books, nor should you spend your free time on school homework even after reaching home. The determination of which profession to embrace in the future is usually done at the school level. It is necessary to accept the fact that the unemployment problem in Nepal is taking a serious form due to the poor education system.

The educational criteria set by the Public Service Commission for admission to the civil service, apart from some technical service groups, also seems unscientific. Subject expertise is mandatory for civil service entry. According to the classification of service groups, the criteria of educational qualification along with subject expertise should be determined. As the Teachers Service Commission has made teaching license mandatory as a criterion for entering the education service, there are also issues that need to be improved.

It is necessary to determine the necessity of administration subject even for civil administration service entry from the school level. Good governance oriented service delivery can only be expected if the loose educational qualification criteria set for civil service entry can be scientifically reinterpreted and managed. Policy makers and political parties should also pay attention to come up with programs to link the energetic time of unemployed academics with production.