Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday urged newly recruited government employees to uphold the highest standards of integrity, honesty, and public accountability, strongly cautioning them against corruption, malpractice, and complacency as they embark on their careers in public service. Addressing a formal ceremony where he distributed appointment orders to approximately 529 successful candidates across the Junior Engineer Common Recruitment Examination 2025, Trained Graduate Teacher Examination 2026, and Combined Graduate Level Examination 2026, Khandu highlighted that the state government has issued nearly 10,000 merit-based appointments over the past decade. Specifically, the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) has conducted around 87 examinations since 2016 resulting in 2,914 appointments, while the Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board (APSSB)—established to replace fragmented departmental hiring for Group C and D posts with a transparent, unified system—has conducted 39 exams and appointed roughly 6,038 candidates. Detailing the latest cohort, the Chief Minister congratulated eight candidates with benchmark disabilities in blindness and low vision who were recommended under the 2025 junior engineer drive following a September 16 High Court order, noting their postings across the public works, public health engineering, and power departments will vitalize essential infrastructure. Under the Trained Graduate Teacher Examination 2026, 382 candidates were selected out of more than 10,500 written examinees—a rigorous ratio of roughly one selection per 28 applicants—to strengthen secondary-level instruction in critical subjects including Mathematics, Physics, Geography, and Economics. Meanwhile, the APSSB Combined Graduate Level Examination 2026 attracted 27,736 applications and 18,406 examinees, yielding 139 selections comprising 36 personal assistants, two librarians, and 101 upper division clerks. Looking ahead, Khandu announced that appointment orders for assistant professors will be distributed shortly, alongside upcoming recruitments in the police and forest departments. To enhance governance efficiency, he directed all new appointees to actively utilize capacity-building programmes at the Administrative Training Institute and encouraged young professionals to leverage digital learning resources to aspire toward national Union Public Service Commission examinations. Linking transparent recruitment to the broader vision of Viksit Arunachal Pradesh 2047 and Viksit Bharat 2047, Khandu reminded youth that government jobs represent just one avenue of nation-building, urging greater focus on entrepreneurship, innovation, and private-sector growth while insisting that state employees serve citizens with unwavering sincerity and dedication.
