Staff Selection Commission

And this is one of those, like, fundamental disconnects.

Now, you can say that, like, you could make certain types of computer skills, like, a part of the exam, right? So for example, in the Staff Selection Commission, they make typing a part of the exam just because that used to be, uh, kind of a, uh...

But it's typing on a typewriter, right? You can make certain kinds of basic computer use, like, uh, a part of the exam.

But then that- that's where you get to this kind of tension, right, where so many people who want to write these exams have no access to a computer.

For educated young people, the labour market increasingly resembles a lottery with a huge entry fee.

The Staff Selection Commission's graduate examination in 2025 attracted 2.8 million applicants for 14,582 vacancies in the public sector, 192 candidates for each post.

The competition for gainful employment has fuelled an exam coaching industry projected to be worth $23 to $26 billion by 2030.

Working class and peasant families sell assets and mortgage land to meet the fees.