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The students of College of Forestry successful Ponnampet successful Kodagu territory person launched an indefinite onslaught urging the Government to marque BSc (Forestry) a mandatory acquisition qualification for assignment to the posts of Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF), Range Forest Officers (RFO) and Deputy Range Forest Officers (Dy RFO).
The students, who boycotted classes connected Friday and marched to the bureau of the section Tahsildar, submitted a memorandum. Later, they met section MLA A.S. Ponnanna, who is besides the Legal Advisor to the Chief Minister, and expressed their woes.
They person threatened to proceed their protestation indefinitely nether the aegis of Karnataka Forestry Students and Graduates Association, and program to intensify their agitation if the Government does not concede to their request to code the “large-scale unemployment” among the graduates of forestry colleges.
A batch of students from the Association is already successful Bengaluru to conscionable the Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre. Depending connected his response, a determination volition beryllium taken connected whether to driblet oregon spell up with a connection to clasp a associated objection successful Bengaluru on with students from the College of Forestry successful Sirsi, Uttara Kannada district, and Iruvakki, Shivamogga district.
In 2003, the Karnataka Government recognised the nonrecreational competence of BSc (Forestry) graduates and reserved 50% during recruitment to the posts of ACFs and RFOs. In 2012, the quota was accrued to 75%, recognising the value of technological forestry acquisition for sustainable wood management.
However, pursuing an amendment to the Forest Department’s recruitment rules successful 2018, the quota for nonstop recruitment was brought backmost to 50%, the Association representatives pointed out.
Expressing interest implicit the reduction, the Association said the determination volition negatively impact the vocation prospects and nonrecreational designation of forestry graduates.
To guarantee nonrecreational integrity and effectual wood management, the Association has urged the Government to marque BSc (Forestry) arsenic the sole eligibility for assignment to the posts of ACF, RFO and Deputy RFO portion efficaciously expanding the preservation for forestry graduates to 100%.
“Only candidates with a nonrecreational forestry grade person the specialised cognition required for sustainable wood and ecosystem management, and therefore, nary different grade should beryllium considered eligible for these positions,” said a connection issued by the Association.
A typical of the Association said astir 120 students walk retired of the 3 forestry colleges successful the State each year. Just similar a graduation successful sericulture and fisheries is the sole eligibility criterion for appointments successful the Sericulture and Fisheries Department, the Forest Department should besides marque the BSc (Forestry) a mandatory acquisition qualification for assignment successful its department, the typical pointed out.
