9Lakh Phd,engineers apply for constable position

Just recently we have come across the news of thousands of graduates applying for 5 positions of a porter(coolie) in Maharashtra. And yet again we come across a similar scenario, this time it is for the position of Constable in Madhya Pradesh. Over 9 lakh job seekers, including those with PhD, post graduate and engineering degrees, have applied for the post of about 14,000 police constables in the state. According to the officials who conducted the exam there are about 9.24 lakh candidates who have applied for the exam out of which, 1.19 lakh are graduates, 14,562 are post graduates, 9,629 engineers and 12 with Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD). While the minimum qualification for the post is a class 12 examinations pass.