Dear Editor:

Have you ever noticed the academic qualification requirements in job advertisements for government entities in comparison to job advertisements for the private sector? A PhD or master’s degree is required in many government advertisements to do jobs that may truly only require a bachelor’s degree, or a bachelor’s degree is required in government advertisements to do jobs that require CXC or GCE passes in the private sector.

Simply put, government positions seemingly demand the most academically qualified persons in comparison to persons employed in the private sector. However, it continues to bewilder me as to why is it that government entities are plagued by many poor performing and highly incompetent persons who seem to frustrate those seeking pluclic sector services. This is not the case in most private sector firms.

Reports of massive overruns, salaries to delinquent workers, hefty contracts to unregistered or incompetent contractors, and paying persons handsomely for creating policies that continue to fail are features only in the public sector. Why is this so?

If the theory is right that having big papers and titles behind one’s name results in greater management and fiscal prudence, what happens in the public sector? Or, is it because the system of public sector was specifically designed by academia to plough the wealth out of the masses in order to circulate and keep the vast wealth of Jamaica within the circle of the group of elite?

They want every citizen dip their finger in election ink every five years without providing the citizens with any concrete commitment that the sordid system will change for the betterment of the masses. We need to open our eyes, garner the courage, and finally unplug ourselves from the matrix of mental slavery and human exploitation.

Garth ‘Sub-Zero’ Allen

excellentsub@hotmail.com