The Sri Lankan military's targeted recruitment of Tamil youths to ancillary civilian posts is aimed at keeping the youth under military control, the Northern Provincial Council's Agricultural Minister, Ponnudurai Ayngaranesan, was quoted by BBC Tamil as saying.
As part of the recent recruitment drive, troops handed out flyers listing a variety of job opportunities at an event on Sunday at Jaffna Kokuvil Hindu College.
Advertising to men aged 18 to 32, and women aged 18 to 30, the flyers promised salaries of 25,000 - 30,000 Sri Lankan rupees, for civilian jobs including nurses, teachers for English, Tamil and dance, singers, musicians, dancers, computer technicians, farming supervisors, farmers, electricians, carpenters, building masons, painters, patch workers, mechanics, drivers, builders, and artists.
As part of the recent recruitment drive, troops handed out flyers listing a variety of job opportunities at an event on Sunday at Jaffna Kokuvil Hindu College.
Advertising to men aged 18 to 32, and women aged 18 to 30, the flyers promised salaries of 25,000 - 30,000 Sri Lankan rupees, for civilian jobs including nurses, teachers for English, Tamil and dance, singers, musicians, dancers, computer technicians, farming supervisors, farmers, electricians, carpenters, building masons, painters, patch workers, mechanics, drivers, builders, and artists.
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