Railway recruitment 2019 saw a whopping number of candidates. A fourth grade government job for which the eligibility criteria was just a class 10 pass saw around 82 lakh candidates apply and among them there were any number of graduates or postgraduates in engineering, science, arts, commerce and management.
The railway recruitment board revealed that 4.19 lakh candidates with BTech degrees and 40,751 applicants with a master’s degree in engineering were applicants to become khalasi or helpers in the Railways. These numbers were a strong reminder of the lack of quality jobs in our country and sparked widespread discussions about the pressing issues of unemployability and under-employability in our nation. Following this, a number of surveys were conducted which led to the shocking revelation that around 80 % of engineering graduates lack the skills set for employability. With around 1.5 million engineers graduating in India every year these survey results are highly alarming.
Source: Deccan Chronicle
