Engineers, MBAs, Lawyers join Hry Police as constables

A large number of highly qualified youth have joined the Police Department as constables in Haryana.

Those who have been recruited as constables in Haryana police included MBAs, engineers and post graduates, in an apparent indication towards the lack of suitable job opportunities in the State.

The minimum educational qualification for the post of constable is 12th class in Haryana.

“Highly qualified youth have been recruited in the State police. In the current batch, 4225 constables are taking training,” said Haryana Director General of Police, BS Sandhu on Thursday.

Out of these, two are M.Phil, 15 M.Tech, 16 MCA, 36 MBA, 33 M.Sc., 38 M.Com, 103 MA, 273 B.Tech., 51 BCA, 3 LLB, 434 B.Sc., 215 B.Com, 844 BA, 23 diploma holders, 65 having 10+2 JBT, two each ITI fitter and polytechnic, said the DGP, while giving details of their qualification.

The figures show how the Government service is still popular even among the highly qualified youth. The pay scale for the constable entering service as a direct recruit at level 3 is Rs 21,700,

The DGP said that 2028 of them are 12th class pass, which is the minimum qualification to become a constable in Haryana.

Out of total 4,225 recruits, 3,827 are from rural areas and 398 from urban background, said Sandhu.

The Chief Minister Manohar Lal will be chief guest at the passing out parade of this 84th batch of Recruit Basic Course (RBC) to be organized at Haryana Police Academy, Madhuban on May 20

Manaohar Lal would also honour those recruits who would secure first, second and third place in the training programme, said Sandhu.

The training on the topics of Police administration, Radio Telecom, Traffic management, maintenance of law and order, security, Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Human behavior, community policing and computer learning have been imparted to these recruits.

 After the passing out of this batch, the state police force would be further strengthened, he added.