Uncertainty looms large over the fate of more than a hundred horticulture graduates due to the alleged erroneous policy of the government.
The students alleged that they have been excluded from the recruitment process for the posts of assistant horticulture officer (AHO), while students with degrees in agriculture have been given priority. According to the complainants, students with degrees in horticulture have to study 20 subjects related to horticulture while agriculture students read only five subjects. Evidently, the horticulture students have more knowledge in horticulture than that of the agriculture students.
Hence allowing the agriculture students to apply for the vacancies is not acceptable to them, students of horticulture said, adding that, the government’s fresh rule on horticulture and agriculture has turned out to be a curse for them. Due to the wrong policy of the government, only 13 horticulture graduates could be absorbed in 107 AHO posts, the students alleged.