Of late, news of B.Ed trainees to be
filtered for teaching by significant number in government schools is yet
another harsh blow to the job seekers in Bhutan. This unwelcomed announcement
might have already made the ongoing trainees and teaching aspirants to feel a
sense of hopelessness and uncertainty in contrast to what it once warranted of sure
job. While some with superior employable skills may find themselves in private
schools but those less fortunate with no options are bound to fall in same
unemployment basket as general graduates.
Why unemployment of its kind? In fact, it’s not principally opportune
moment for RCSC to make such an ad hoc decision hampering innumerable lives. Clearly
by every available yardstick, decision seems unfair as some bearing the brunt might
have landed in teacher training institute by guessing surety of landing the
job. Moreover there is indication of lack of close coordination between two colleges,
RCSC and the MoE. Ideally, if the two
concern agencies should have corresponded an accurate number required from two
training institutes, today lives of around two hundred or so, would not have bartered
to remain in that unlucky unemployment basket.
On the other end, the private school as
such may steal the fortune of unfortunate individual by lending in skills of well
trained teachers. They may have luxury to strengthen their capacity, develop
the skills of untrained teachers and thereby heighten the standard of some low
ranking private schools. But sure enough, that would be followed by bitter tangible
long run consequences in private learning institutes. Time may arise wherein
some permanent untrained teachers may be pushed to disadvantage edge which may fruition
another type of unemployment in the pool unemployment.
As it’s obvious, that training they toiled
for four years in two institutes, for some may go in total vain if unable to
land up even in private schools. Lesson learnt, we may take what’s happening
now as an onset warning, as is likely to occur with graduates passing from
other institutions like CNR, RIHS, JNP, .etc. Against this backdrop, the
concern agency at least for now should be at a loose end and tighten its decision
only after doing necessary homework of correspondence with institutions and its
stakeholders. Make very clear of exact numbers required in the field and then accordingly
training only the required number, so that our pools of already diversified
unemployment remain steadfastly undiversified.
Disclaimer: It’s my own bleak analysis over the
issue, unintended to demean directly /indirectly any organizations or agencies.