THE REAL TEST AHEAD
>> All the 24,669 candidates for the 147 posts will be required to undergo a written examination
>> The written examination will be conducted by the Director of Technical Education
>> Only candidates clearing the written examination will be eligible for next stage of selection
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MARGAO: Just hazard a guess on the educational qualifications of the thousands of candidates who made a mad rush to the South Goa Collectorate to submit applications for the post of LDCs, talathis, Jr Stenographers and multi-tasking staff.
Do not be surprised if MBAs, chartered accounts, engineers, geologists et al will all compete with thousands of graduates for the 147 posts up for grabs in the South district Collectorate.
Well, strange it may seem, but true that amongst the thousands of applicants, who have applied for these posts, includes candidates with MBA qualification and not to mention Chartered accountants, engineers and even qualified geologists.
While most of the candidates turned out graduates with degrees in Arts, Science and commerce, what surprised the district Collector Agnelo Fernandes and the staff of the district Collectorate was the applications received from candidates with qualifications, ranging from MBA, engineering, geology, accountancy et al.
“Yes, amongst thousands of applicants, who had applied for the 147 posts of talathis, LDCs, Jr stenographers and multi-tasking staff were MBAs, geologists, chartered accountants and engineers. Besides, we have received applications from highly qualified candidates for these posts”, Agnelo said.
To a question, the district Collector said that all the candidates, around 24,669 to be precise, who have applied for the 147 posts will be required to undergo a written examination. The written examination, he said, will be conducted by the Director of Technical Education, adding that only candidates passing the written examination will have be eligible for the next stage of selection.
As already reported, a total of total of 24668 candidates will vie for the 147 jobs up for grabs in the South Goa Collectoarte, implying that around 167 candidates on an average will vie for one job advertised by the district Collector to fill up the vacant posts.
All the four posts “ LDCs, Jr stenographers, multi-tasking staff and talaths, evoked overwhelming response from the candidates, amongst whom were many who are already employed in the private sector.
While around 5283 candidates applied for the nine posts of talathis, a whopping 13937 candidates submitted their applications for the 92 posts of LDCs. Jr stenographers too evoked good response as evident by the fact that that a total of 4766 candidates will vie for the 15 posts up for grabs.
The 31 posts of multi-tasking staff also drew considerable response as evident by the number of applications, around 4766 to be precise.
