M M Jasim :
An unemployed youth, Tanvir Rahman, has committed suicide allegedly for being jobless for long time. He applied for a government job to different ministries and departments. But he could not manage a job.
Depression griped him as he was fed up with life and finally committed suicide on the Dhaka University campus on Saturday night.
His family sources said, before his death Tanvir Rahman, 31, shared his frustration with his friends and relatives over the corrupt practices surrounding government jobs.
Another unemployed Moshleh Uddin Torun, also 31, achieved Masters degree in Bangla Literature from Jagannath University. He tried to get a government job. But he failed as he was unable for underhand dealings for a job. He is now demonstrating to increase the age limit to 35.
Shariful Islam Saju got Masters degree two years ago. Though Shariful passed many job examinations, he failed to bag a job. He is totally disappointed now. He is passing an idle times at his home in Kurigram district.
These are the three stories out of thousands of unemployed graduates. Actually, the number of unemployed graduates is increasing day-by-day because the country’s education system is not consistent with the job market.
In every year almost half of the graduates came to the job market but they are not getting appropriate jobs according to their merit and staying unemployed.
According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), there are 4.56 crore unemployed people in the country. Of them, 3, 06,33,000 are female and 1,19,47,000 are male.
According to the World Bank, the unemployment rate is over 14.2 per cent, though the government of Bangladesh showed the less.
The 13 lakh people are being added every year on the job market. So, there is a pressure on the economy to create new job places. The growth rate will rise to 8 per cent if the employment rate of Bangladesh can be increased 2 per cent more, the WB said.
Meanwhile, the relatives of Tanvir said that he had been trying for government jobs for the last four years. He used to talk about corrupt practices prevailing in the sector and how people bribe for government jobs,” said his aunt Meherunnesa.
“He was devastated as he could not secure a government job despite being a freedom fighter’s son,” she said.
Meherunnesa said Tanvir secured a job at Biman Bangladesh Airlines recently but the appointment procedure was stopped over some corruption allegations.
“Three days back, Tanvir started working as a merchandiser at a garment factory in Uttara. One of his father’s friends owned the business but Tanvir was not happy with the work,” said his aunt.
Tanvir’s mother took him home a few days back as he was depressed. He returned to Dhaka after finding the merchandising job, according to Meherunnesa.
The BBS sources said, the jobless graduates are becoming disappointed day by day. They sometimes are not getting appropriate jobs.
Moshleh Uddin Torun told The New Nation that many of his friends got jobs by underhand dealings. “I am sure that I could get job if the examinations were held properly. How I will get job because I have no money and no muscle power,” he said.
“I am now in depression. It seems to me that my life is nothing. I am a failure and fruitless person,” he said.
