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The long lines of young people in Jaipur, Rajasthan, aren’t for iPhones, but for those seeking peon positions. They may have “Dr.” before their names, but they’re looking for peon positions. Yes, there’s a recruitment drive for Class IV positions in Rajasthan, where PhD holders, MBAs, postgraduates, and highly educated youth are taking the exam. Their only desire is to get a government job once. 2.5 million candidates have filled out applications for 54,000 positions. The exam is being held across the state over three days: September 19, 20, and 21.
The long lines of young people in various locations in the capital aren’t for iPhones, but for the 53,749 peon positions being held in Rajasthan. The Rajasthan Grade IV (Peon) recruitment exam began today. The exam will be held in two shifts daily until September 21. The first shift on Friday was from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The second shift of the exam began at 3 p.m. and will continue until 5 p.m. Candidates were admitted to the exam centers after rigorous metal detector checks. Entry was closed an hour before the exam.
Most notably, highly educated youth from across the state arrived at the exam centers to take the peon position. Among these young people, those with PhDs, postgraduate degrees, double MAs, and B.Ed. degrees arrived to take the exam. When we spoke with these young people, they explained that unemployment is at its peak. They came to the exam with the desire to secure a government job, whether it’s a small or large one, by any means necessary.
Unemployment is the main problem
When long lines formed before the start of the second shift of the exam at a school in Gandhinagar, Jaipur, we spoke with some of the candidates. They explained that they were unemployed and that higher education no longer mattered. They wanted to secure employment along with a government job, no matter what the job was. Some young people expressed their disappointment at being unemployed, even if it was a peon’s job in a government job. Many of the candidates in this long queue were highly educated, expressing their pain that despite so much education, they still haven’t found a job. What should they do now? A bumper recruitment drive has been announced, and this is our only opportunity to secure a government job, and we don’t want to miss it.
75% of candidates are overqualified
Approximately 2.475 million candidates have applied for 53,749 positions. The minimum qualification for this recruitment was a tenth-grade pass. Of these, 75% are overqualified. 1,286 examination centers have been set up in 38 districts of Rajasthan. In each shift, 411,843 candidates will appear.
