25th Nov 2020 11:11:PM Editorials
Eastern Sentinel Arunachal News

Governor Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) during a meeting with key officials of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) on Tuesday made it clear that the body must do all that is needed for gaining confidence of the state’s youths. This is exactly the feeling of the youth fraternity, who in thousands, each year apply for the exams conducted by the Commission and toil hard to become civil servants to serve Arunachal Pradesh.

There is no need to elaborate on the current context why the APPSC has become so important. The Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board (APSSB) which was established just two years ago on October 1, 2018 to conduct recruitment exercises for Group C and D posts has failed to live up to the youths’ expectations. It was difficult to imagine how a body, formed out of an Act of the state and entrusted with such an important duty to choose aspirants could start faltering in its initial days. This has given birth to an ubiquitous feeling among the state’s people, particularly the young men and women that merit has got very little value and deep pockets matter more when it comes to state government jobs. It’s a fact that all aspirants don’t have the calibre to crack the state civil services and it’s for them primarily, the APSSB was constituted with the sole intention of streamlining the recruitment processes of Group C & D posts. But the cash-for-job scam case which tarnished the image of the Board and rocked the state last February has brought endless angst among those who applied. For them, the APSSC is the only ray of hope who intensely long to see it clean, unlike the APSSB.

To win back the trust the APSSB has unfortunately lost, it’s highly necessary to bring into justice all culprits in the affair. Submission of a 860-page fat charge-sheet containing the names of 19 persons by the state’s Vigilance Department has been the most comprehensive step so far in the stalemate. Further investigations, if necessary should be conducted with the central aim of booking all those involved, however high-ranking and influential they may be. This is the only way left for the government to send the message to the state’s youths that it is serious and believes in the rule of law. The APPSC has done a fine job by conducting the Civil Services Prelims in a smooth way despite the fearful presence of the pandemic. In the Mains part, it must make sure that paper-related issues like that in the Prelims are not repeated and the entire process of the exam is kept clean and transparent.

Gaining back the youths’ trust is not impossible. But for that a strong political will is necessary. 


Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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