Majority of the B.Ed graduates from Paro College of Education and Samtse College of Education say they are disappointed with the limited slots announced by the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC).
RCSC, during its 19th commission meeting held on December 30, 2014, approved 182 vacancies. More than 400 had passed the B.Ed Graduates Examination 2014.
The rest, 235, will be screened out.
Many of them had gathered at the Clock Tower Square in Thimphu to discuss their future on Saturday before their examination began on Monday.
“It was devastating news for me. We have been trained for four years, which include eight semesters, undergoing many challenges,” said a B.Ed graduate from Paro College of Education, Dawa.
Another graduate from Samtse College of Education, Yeshey Needup said RCSC is creating unemployment. “Because, we are from the technical side and we will be employed only as teachers. If the RCSC is going to do this to us then I suggest that we be allowed to give a general civil service examination”.
A B.Ed graduates from Samtse College of Education, Pema Deki, said the RCSC’s Director, during their orientation programme held in the first week of December, 2014, told them there were many slots. “After hearing that from the Director, this news comes as a surprise to all of us.”
Some of them said they even called up RCSC to reconfirm the news.
The Director of the Royal Civil Service Commission, Dorji Tshering said they floated the vacancies as per the requirement from the Ministry of Education. He said they came up with the number after a consultative meeting with the education ministry.
