As every other person holds a degree hardly possessing half of the skills required
SUKKUR: The competition for getting a job has become tougher than ever before. Matters are more muddled by candidates appearing for jobs who obtain their graduation or master’s degrees from colleges affiliated with the government universities.
Government universities allow as many admissions as possible, which their administrators justify for generating revenue in the shape of fee collection. Getting such degrees has always been easy in the country. The situation is much worse in Sindh where every second person can be seen holding a graduation or master’s degree, hardly possessing half of the skills required with those degrees. Cheating remains rampant in almost all examination centres throughout the country. More surprisingly, the invigilators, mostly college lecturers, can be frequently heard saying that many of the candidates appearing in the examinations hail from the poor and middle-class background would not be able to pass their exams unless they are allowed to cheat. Being able to pass will make them eligible to get a job and this could eventually lead to more problems. This mindset defies explanation. This practice has begun to cost graduates who gain their degrees through regular study from universities because the same college graduates stand in the queue for jobs, thanks to unbridled favouritism and nepotism in the country.
As it has been made mandatory for the law graduates to appear in the final federal examination after passing their LLB course, the same should be applied on college degree holders. There is nothing so unequal as an equal treatment of unequals. The number of graduates and post-graduates is increasing exponentially. Corrective measures should be taken to stem the rot.
Riaz Mahar
Published in The Express Tribune, September 30th, 2019.
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