The attraction of "bullshit" jobs.

A total of 2.4 million vacancies remain unfilled in Central and state governments in India. The largest number of vacancies, at 1.01 million, are in primary and secondary education. This is not surprising as even the poorest Indian prefers to send her children to private school rather than to a free government school. "Average enrolment in government schools -- where teachers are paid, on average, salaries that  are four times those in China -- declined from 122 to 108 students per school over five years, while it rose from 202 to 208 in private schools," wrote D Saha. Numbers vary in different states. Number of students in government schools increased in Kerala and Gujarat between 2014 and 2016, according to Annual Status of Education (ASER) data. There were an average of just 28 students per school in 418 thousand government schools with a total teacher salary bill of Rs 564.97 billion in 2016-17, wrote Prof G Kingdon. "A 2015 UK survey found that 37% of people felt their jobs 'did not make a meaningful contribution to the world', and a later poll in the Netherlands found 40% saying the same thing," wrote M Buchanan. In an essay five years ago D Graeber claimed that " perhaps as many as 30% of all jobs actually contribute nothing of use to society". The rise of "bullshit" jobs is because, "Much within the modern corporation is less about making things or solving problems and more about the political process of gaining control over the flows of resources." Indians do not have the luxury of choosing jobs which are "meaningful". Despite an "absence of high-frequency employment statistics", R Kapoor found, "An examination of multiple datasets reaffirm the acuteness of India's jobs crisis." Just one US firm has filed 135% more patents in India than all other top labs put together. If one has to do 'bullshit' job why not pick one which is for life, pays a salary higher than the private sector, has easy hours and there is not accountability. Which is why even those with Masters or PhD degrees apply for menial government jobs. I addition there maybe opportunities for earning on the side. Murder convicts serving life sentences were preferred as grooms by poor women because they had a jail to sleep in and opportunity to earn during daytime. In India, "More than 80% of employment is generated by small enterprises in the unorganized sector," wrote E Ghani of the World Bank. "A substantial reason for the persistence in India's small entrepreneurs in the unorganized manufacturing sector is the rapid increase in female owned businesses." But politicians hate such businesses because they suspect them of tax evasion. "In a world with a simple and reasonable regulatory and tax system, most businesses would prefer to be legal," wrote Prof S Rajagopalan. With rising fiscal deficit of both Center and states there is no money for salaries. Perhaps it would be best to extinguish these posts forever.