The euphoria around the success of the candidates is ironic, because more than positives, it revolved around a lot of negatives, which at the same time, point to a lack of job avenues for the young and educated people across J&K. Over the last few days, we have seen people talking about candidates finally being able to crack JKAS after 3 attempts, 2 attempts, even there have been cases, where the candidates got it done in just the first try, which is indeed heartening to learn, but, those who couldn’t make it, does that mean that they were not competent, or does it mean that there is lack of job opportunities created by the Government.
While on one side, the declaration of the result has spread joy and happiness, making several candidates realise their dream, on the other hand, it must have manifested as disappointment, and negative thoughts, pushing the unsuccessful candidates more towards depression and suicidal tendencies. But why hasn’t anyone bothered to ask that so far in the last few days? 20790 from J&K appeared in the preliminary exam which was held in October 2021, most of them were out right after that because only 4460 candidates could only qualify for the preliminary to see themselves appearing in the mains and then, in mains, held in April 2022, of 4460, only 187 could make it to be declared successful.
The higher number of candidates appearing in such high-profile exams is directly proportional to depict the extent of the lack of job opportunities in the Government as well as the private sector, because anyone who has been giving it a try for the last 8 years, could have easily done something else, but they could not, because there were no opportunities which could have absorbed them for their sustenance and the sustenance of the system; even with PGs and further higher degrees, they did not saw themselves anywhere. Failure comes with enormous effects on those who face it, and those effects take a toll on society: the Government must address the issue by creating more employment opportunities for the youth, so that they find themselves somewhere, doing something, and most importantly, getting to know their real worth. The events of qualifying exams like JKAS must be taken lightly. Euphoria could prove hazardous!
