Local Press: Tears of the unemployed

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ABDULLAH AL-JAMILI | AL-MADINAH
Publication Date: 
Tue, 2011-08-02 03:19

The letter read, "We, the graduates, have been waiting for a long time to find a government job. Some of us have reached our 30s and are still unemployed. We are not sleeping properly. Those who managed to find a job in the private sector did not find any security. Those who became teachers in private schools are exhausted due to working long hours for a salary that is not enough to satisfy basic needs. During vacation, private teachers are deprived of their salaries."
The letter went on, arguing that those who had been waiting for a job were ignored either by the Ministry of Civil Service or by the Ministry of Education. They complained to the supreme authority. When the king recently ordered the education sector to provide 52,000 jobs for graduates to be filled before the start of the school year, the responsible authorities ignored it. The school year is about to start and the names of new recruits have not yet been announced.
The letter continued: "Why are officials ignoring our feelings? Why are they ignoring our pain? Why can they not put themselves in our place and feel what we feel? I want to know how they would feel if they did not receive their salaries for one month. I want to see how they would feel when they are forced to borrow money to feed their kids, even though they have education certificates and experience. If they only felt what we feel, then they would rush to help us."

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