Port Blair, Sept 09: Mr. Vishal Jolly, Former State President & Core-Committee Member, BJP A & N Islands & Member, Home Ministry Advisory Committee, GoI have requested granting of “One Time Relaxation” to all the otherwise eligible candidates for participating in the recruitment process for filling up of various posts recently announced under the Naval Ship Repair Yard, Indian Navy for posting at Port Blair and Vishakhapatanam through a letter addressed to Hon’ble Union Minister of Defence, GoI, Mr. Rajnath Singh.
In his letter Mr. Jolly stated that in Port Blair the Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Dollygunj, provides training programs for obtaining Diploma and Certificate Courses which makes a candidate eligible for several categories of posts, such as Plumber, Fitter, Refrigerator & AC Mechanic, Electrician and Weldar etc
He further added that the vacancy notice although has been published requiring the eligibility requirements of having these Diploma & Certificate Courses which the students hailing from our Islands does have, but an additional requirement of having undergone a “Dockyard Apprenticeship” is made mandatory, making all eligible candidates of our Islands ineligible for participating the same, for want of necessary permission to undergo Dockyard Apprenticeship in these Islands
He also mentioned that out of 302 posts, incumbents from our Islands would have been eligible for competing around 105 posts for which courses are offered in the ITI, but for want of merely the Dockyard Apprenticeship, they are not in a position to participate in the recruitment process, which is meant for Port Blair. Further he wrote that they have been constantly harping upon 100% job reservation for our islanders, but here our Island’s candidates are not able to participate for the recruitment of jobs meant for our Islands, which is a matter of serious concern. Unemployment is a serious issue which our islands are facing.
He also stressed that as per the National Apprenticeship Scheme, the Government of India has strongly advocated for providing apprenticeship programme facilities at all States and Uts. But, here our students were not provided with any such opportunities, for lack of taking pro-active steps in this regard by the concerned department having responsibility to coordinate and provide them these opportunities at the Dockyard available in Port Blair and merely because of not having undergone the Dockyard Apprenticeship, hundred plus eligible candidates of our islands will be deprived of participating in the recruitment process.
Concluding in his letter he requested the Hon’ble Union Minister to kindly grant “ONE-TIME RELAXATION” to all the otherwise eligible candidates to participate in the recruitment process by permitting/allowing them to participate in the recruitment process and after the selection, they may be asked to undergo “in-service” Dockyard Apprenticeship within a specified period.
