Errors in records hit job-seekers

Krishnagiri district employment exchange not corrected the data errors despite HC directions.

Update: 2014-01-03 11:24 GMT

Chennai: The Krishnagiri district employment exchange, which recorded incorre­ct data regarding many applicants, has not corrected the errors despite a direction from the Ma­dras high court last No­vember asking the em­ployment exchange ‘to restore’ the right entries in its records in two mo­nths’ time.

This delay has resulted in several graduates and other qualified applicants remaining unemployed. One of the appli­c­­ants M. Christopher mo­ved the high court for help in early 2013. He mentioned in his petition that his status was ‘differently abled-ortho’, but the officer’s entry was ‘mentally challen­ged’. This mistake in the employment exchange re­­cords has debarred hi­m from applying for any job.
The deadline for the corrections to be made is January 5, and like Chri­stopher, there are many applicants who registered with the Krish­nagiri employment ex­c­hange and are hoping the changes are made so that they can go ahead and apply for jobs.

A senior official in the Directorate of Empl­oyment and Training Institute said, “We will take immediate action. We have started uploading all the information online. Since we have to manage huge amounts of data, there are possibilities of errors.”

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