SC, ST Candidates “Content with Class III, Class IV posts”

They seldom write exams for higher posts: officer

Chennai: Vacancies in class Scheduled Castes / Tribes in Central and State Governments are high compared to vacancies in class III and class VI posts, which are almost filled.

P.G. Ramachandran, sub-regional employment officer, Union Ministry of Labour and Employment, said here on Thursday that a majority of the SC and ST candidates were content with class III and class IV posts. Though the candidates were aware that they had 22.5 per cent reservation in all posts, they seldom attempted to write the civil service examinations for higher posts, However, a good many of them competed for clerical and lower level posts. The Government had set up 22 coaching-cum-guidance centres, including one in Chennai, to help equip the SC and ST students to take competitive and staff selection commission examinations.

SC, ST Candidates “Content with Class III, Class IV posts”