Curated from The Quint: The World's Biggest Exam
“For these lakhs of boys and girls desperately writing exam after exam in the hope of even the humblest of jobs, the education system has simply failed them,” writes R Srinivasan in his column for The Hindu. He points out how there are lakhs of aspirants writing exams for all kinds of government jobs, mainly because they seem “secure” to them. He also writes about how the education system in India is to blame if people with advanced degrees feel they cannot aim for more advanced jobs. This might be attributed to a pervasive lack of confidence among our youth, but the reality is that most of them know that their degree isn’t worth the paper it is printed on. Last week, I saw a report of the 10,000-odd candidates – all with a minimum B.Com or BA degree in economics – who appeared for a test to select accountants for the Goa government, not even one managed to pass what officials said was a very basic, clerical grade entrance test. Roland.
