Fuelling their aspiration for a government gaddi seems to be job security, which is topmost priority for job-hunting youth. Just 24% of Karnataka’s youth prefer a private sector job. Those getting excited about openings in non-government organizations or starting their own businesses are a minority.
More than passion for profession and working with near and dear ones, 62% of youth say that job security and income were top-of-the-mind priority before accepting a job offer.
These are the preliminary findings of the first-ever government-sponsored study on `Perception, Aspiration, Expectation and Attitude of Students and Youth’ taken up by the Karnataka Knowledge Commission. More then 9,000 youth from 150 of 224 assembly constituencies in the state were interviewed in August-September 2010, to seek their views. The final report will be out this month.
The ambience of urban areas tends to make young people more confident, shows the study. Young women in Bangalore feel less discriminated against as compared to young men in rural areas. Education and media exposure tended to increase the self-confidence of the new generation. The difference in discrimination levels perceived by urban women to rural men is 10%, states the study. The survey records the perception of discrimination by caste, economic status, religion, gender and place of residence. Interestingly, both Muslim and Hindu youth suffer the same level of discrimination in the state.
What survey says
Youth in Karnataka feel more discriminated on the basis of economic status than their counterparts in other states
Despite privatization, majority of youth feel `dependent’ on the state. They expect something from the government
Poor dalit women from rural areas feels discriminated more than anybody else in the state. They suffer discrimination on multiple counts — gender, place of residence, caste and economic status