It is no mystery or a hard case to crack, the fact that there are times more unemployed youths than there are employed youths. And the fact whether they are registered or not doesn’t have anything to do with the truth that unemployment has become a menace and a threat for our society. The scope of an academic student in Nagaland is a joke. We are being led to believe that after scoring good marks in our exams and then graduation (college), we could appear the central and state exams and then land a secure job for a secure life. Our whole educational system (under the care of the state govt.) is only focused on the text books and hence the students are deprived of extracurricular activities and other subjects like arts, music, dance, science, personality development, public debates (for a constructive society), spelling bee competition, quizzes (for enhancing their mind), awareness of human rights and humanity, career through sports, music, arts and practical skills classes.
Since we are programmed by the system to pursue govt. jobs, by the time we come to know about the dreadful truth it gets late. After graduation being unprepared facing the word with only a bunch of diplomas and global knowledge in our heads we have realized the truth that there is nothing for the people as a whole to contribute for our own economy. Redefining which, the youths are unemployed not by choice but by compulsion.
In Nagaland the so called ‘jobs’ are, below 100 posts in NPSC exams, recruitment in military/police, semi-govt. jobs, lawyers, bankers/accountants, teachers (govt./private) and some few other private and miscellaneous jobs of which we all know how most are distributed by the authorities. As mentioned many times before, without platforms for the people to express their potential out how can we harness our capability to survive in this modern world with sophisticating technology and build our society. It’s no riddle that our society needs to change for the better.
We have been nurtured in the care of a rigorously conservative society but this necessarily doesn’t mean that we have to be conservative as well. If we are liberal and rational towards each other, then our society could flourish well for a long time. We could even apply some western trends in our society for our economic growth.
In restaurants and other social gathering places, the owner could employ local talents to perform on a small stage for the thrill of the customers. They could hire musicians (pianist, cellist, violinist etc.), bands, stand up comedians, magicians, mime acts etc. and promote music and arts as well as employments for people set in their ways. Nagas with street performance assets should not keep shy at homes. They should come out with their gears and perform out in the public to enthrall the crowd and earn while spreading joy and social emotion. We could also set up theatres in various check points in our respective vicinity where there will plays, dramas etc. for the people to have fun while observing human behavior. This will also provide employment for the actors and the people in the sets.
The above are only an example of the infinite possibilities we have the opportunity to grasp if we but only accept that our system is ridiculous and we need to broaden our perspective about life.
There are many ways to create employments as well as imparting modern knowledge and awareness to the people, if only our leaders were more educated about the world outside Nagaland and had they themselves tried to reform the society for the present young generations.
