Computer graduates seek regular jobs, protest against Rajasthan govt proposal

Computer graduates in Rajasthan are up in arms against the Ashok Gehlot–led government over its purported proposal to recruit them on a contractual basis.

Computer graduates in Rajasthan are up in arms against the Ashok Gehlotled government over its purported proposal to recruit them on a contractual basis. Rajasthan has around three lakh computer graduates, the majority of whom are currently unemployed or working in other sectors. Around 20,000 of them work in the private sector. Consider the case of a 25-year-old Hitesh Sharma. Hitesh, a B.Tech graduate from the 2015-16 batch, spent two years studying for SSC but failed. Following that, he hoped to get hired as a computer teacher. However, the government has failed to provide adequate job openings, despite a severe shortage of computer teachers in schools and IT professionals in government departments.