Postgraduate women apply for job as anganwadi workers

Our Correspodent

Mandi Ahmedgarh/ Payal/ Raikot, June 30

Highly-qualified women, including graduates and postgraduates, are queuing in large numbers to seek posts of anganwadi helpers and workers, mocking claims of successive governments to solve the issue of unemployment.

According to information, dozens of applications are being received for odd posts vacant at wards and villages of the region.

It has come to notice that women who are above the eligible age to apply for the posts, are posing as divorcees as the government has allowed age relaxation for widows and divorced women.

Having scrutinised academic records of a large number of candidates applying the for post of anganwadi helpers, the child development and project officers concerned are worried whether, on selection, the aspirant would be ready to perform odd jobs as per the requirements of the job.

Besides training children for primary education and preparing records, an anganwadi helper’s job includes cleaning premises daily, fetch water, bring children from homes and undertake cleanliness of children besides cooking and serving them food.

Charanjit Singh Rampuri, convener of a multiple hub at Gopalpur village in Ludhiana, said a large number of postgraduates in arts, science and education were visiting his office for seeking guidance in submitting applications for posts of anganwadi workers and helpers, recently advertised by the Department of Social Security and Department of Development of Women and Children.

“We were surprised to receive an enquiry from a woman scholar pursuing her PhD from a university in Patiala. She said she wanted to apply for either the post of a worker or helper,” said Rampuri.