----- Original Message ----- From: "BlindNews Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Blind News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 6:40 PM Subject: India: Blind youth uncovers scam.
> > India: Blind youth uncovers scam. > > > Statesman News Service > The Statesman - Kolkata,India > August 9, 2007. > > > A jobless and visually impaired youth, Mr Manoj Kumar Mohanty, has blown > the > lid off a recruitment scam by alleging that candidates with proper vision > have been assigned the Siksha Sahayak jobs that are reserved for the > blind. > He also complained that merit was relegated to the background and many > other > norms and guidelines were flouted with impunity, adding that the > authorities > have auctioned the posts to physically fit applicants. > > The Schools and Mass Education Department and the Sarva Sikhya Abhijan had > jointly undertaken an exercise to fill up over 1000 posts of Siksha > Sahayaks > for the government-run primary schools in the district. Three per cent of > the total number of these jobs were reserved for physically challenged > candidates and at least 12 were recruited through this quota. Mr Mohanty > has > also pointed out that some of the successful candidates who made it to the > provisional merit list have submitted fake certificates to corroborate > their > fake disability. It is believed that apart from the recruitment authority, > the district wing of the state Health Department has also played a part in > the scam. A thorough inquiry either by the vigilance wing or the crime > branch department of state police has been demanded. "I was born blind. > Yet, > I hold a Masters degree from Utkal university. I am also a Master in Music > from the Orissa Sangeet Mahavidyalaya. From the point of view of > qualification, I deserved to be considered for the job. But > I have been arbitrarily ignored and sidelined", said Mr Mohanty > > > http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=9&theme=&usrsess=1&id=165836 > > > > > > -- > BlindNews mailing list > > To contact a list moderator about a problem or to make a request, send a > message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The BlindNews list is archived at: http://GeoffAndWen.com/blind/ > > To address a message to all members of the list, send mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Access your subscription info at: > http://blindprogramming.com/mailman/listinfo/blindnews_blindprogramming.com > > To unsubscribe via e-mail: send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in either > the subject or body of the`message Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
