In this contemporary world, people from rural villages who live in every nook and corners of the world have suffered from major dilemmas of low literacy level and health problems due to lack of professionals.It is truly evident that basic amenities of social welfare of the countryside including education and health systems involve practical difficulties due to the shortages of doctors and educators. Building sustainable physician workforce and strengthening the rural education system, by sending fresh doctors and educators is utmost important strategy, when considering the socio-economic development.It is widely held believed that newest appointments of key professionals should assign to impoverish areas. This is mainly because education and health sectors are the sticking areas of economic development where its indeed rampant solutions, owing to qualified professional services have always been existed in-shortages, and assigning newest appointments would be benefited to enhance their training exposure. However; others would argue that professionals have a right to decide intended work places, since , if they eligible to opt working places, they will motivate and provide best service to the community, and they will be able to access more education facilities to develop career path. In my opinion appointing new professionals to underdeveloped areas has always been flourishing benefits to both parties and government should apply in tandem strategies, not only to fulfil deficit but also to retain the talented workforce. This essay will discuss the advantages of employing new professionals in rural areas and advantages of allowing them to decide the working places, followed by my own logical conclusion.
There are two benefits of assigning young professionals to rural areas, it directly fulfils the the need of socio- economic development and working in diversified social and cultural layers, will help professionals to enhance working knowledge. In terms of mitigating scarcity of professionals in rural hospitals and schools, allocating passed out doctors and teachers is the one of the best strategies which is prevalently applied by developing counties. For an instance, in Sri Lanka Medical facilities and teacher-training colleges are providing its best outcomes to fulfil the national deficit of public servants owing to the annual retirements of doctors and teachers, particularly, this leads to ensure the countryside sustainability. Hence, key policy of releasing its qualified persons to underprivileged areas by national academic institutions is indispensable to meet the surging needs of education and health sectors. Secondly, fresh professionals are required to gain diversified working exposure before they move to next career levels, therefore, working in rural areas is significant to achieve different cultural and social exposure. For example, in rural areas, wider range of infections and diseases are prone to spared due to low level facilities, by dint of that, young doctor can analyse the basic root causes for the problems rather working in a sophisticated hospital. Thus, working in a rural hospitals is indeed to qualify as best practised professionals.
Undoubtedly, others would argue that young professionals have a privilege to decide their first working place. This is because they have always been successful due to achieving arduous tasks of education and they have a long journey to achieve in academic feilds. If government allowed them to work in metropolitan areas, according to their wishes, it would possibly be a prominent motive factor for them to deliver their best practises to the society, and also, they can continue their future education with the support of senior professionals. If not, they may opt alternative career paths. For example, top professionals who have graduated from medical facilities are likely to reject their initial appointments, which may lead them to work in rural villages and apply for foreign scholarships. Thus, it’s possible that assigning gifted individuals to impoverished areas could have a negative impact on their future.
In my opinion, Government should offer in tandem policy or specific time frame to work in countryside as a basic training requirement and after that best young professionals have right to decide their future path. For example, most foreign universities are welcoming Sri Lankan professionals before they passed out and they have haired batch tops when they graduating. Therefore, government has to retain best knowledge within the country by allowing them to deciding their working places.
In conclusion, beyond any shade of dough that country side shortage of medical officers and teachers, could possibly be filled by fresh passed out professionals, and it will alleviate the annual shortage of government servants. This experience helps professionals to understand the unique challenges of rural communities and may inspire innovative solutions to bridge the urban-rural gap. Therefore, this approach benefits both the community and the professionals in terms of professional development and service delivery. However, others would argue that best professionals have a right to decide their first appointments due to motivation and future avenues of their academic life. In conclusion, I believe, exposure of on-the job-training in diversified socio-cultural environment is indispensable while providing feasible oping facilities to decide their future path. Therefore, I would recommend in tandem method after specific time period to decide their own academic avenues.