Unemployed youth threaten protest against SSB in Bandipora Less vacant posts advertised against the




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Mir Tariq Bandipora 04 April: Concerned over insufficient vacancies advertised recently by Services Selection Board (SSB), Kashmir, hundreds of unemployed youths have threatened to protest against the government here in North Kashmir District of Bandipora.
Hundreds of unemployed youth today met in sports stadium Bandipora and threatened of massive protest against director education, services selection board and Chief Education Officer Bandipora. SSB had advertised 134 teacher posts vide advertisement number 1 Dated 22 April 2008."Government is adopting a step motherly approach to the newly created district of Bandipora. Instead of 204 posts available in the district, SSB has advertised only 134 vacant teacher post ", said Abdul Samad Najar president Students Union Bandipora (SUB).He further added that Bandipora is the largest district among newly created districts but has been given lesser number of vacant posts than other new districts."The student representatives from villages falling within the district shall go for protests in the coming week if their demand for increasing the number of vacancies is not met”, said Nazir Ahmed spokesperson SUB, adding "CEO Bandipora has not sent details of all posts that are lying vacant to service selection board, though he admitted before media that a total of 204 teacher posts are vacant in the District.”"There are three tehsils comprising of 123 villages in the district and thousands are unemployed even after completing M.A, M.Ed degrees. With 80 per cent literacy rate, it is injustice if only these number of posts are advertised as thousands of unemployed on pinning their hopes on the recruitment drive”, said Muhammad Amin, a post graduate studentDemanding more posts, Abdul Samad Najar said that the issue will be taken up in the board meeting in Srinagar which is being held at SKICC under chairmanship of Chief Minster Ghluam Nabi Azad on 6th May.