Some say that because many people are living much longer, the age at which people retire from work should be raised considerably. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Some parts of the community would opine that senior citizens of a
country
should allow working for more extended periods since the life expectancy of the community has risen. Due to the reasons like, scarcity in some fields of the workforce and their experiences and maturity in some areas are important to develop a country
, this
writer is in strong agreement with the given notion.
To begin
with ,some senior citizens usually retire from their service
at different ages but in ,SriLanka it is now extended up to 65y. Furthermore
, they are more experienced and mature to deal with subjects like education and authority services and hence
, their service
can be used to develop of any country
.For instance
, Mr P.B Jayasundara is a senior public servant in Sri Lanka . Due to his knowledge of economics and experience in foreign diplomacy , he was given an extended period to work
in the government service
up to the age of 75y. Hence
, it is obvious that senior government servants can be very important to the development of a country
.
At the same time , with some natural events and war's young generation of a country
can reduce in number. Moreover
, this
may lead to scarcity of workforce for certain areas and may need the service
of retired persons to continue the smooth running of that field . For example
, there was a period that a shortage of train drivers in Sri Lanka for various reasons. The government has reentered some of the retired train drivers and service
was running uninterruptedly.
In conclusion , with the expansion of the life expectancy of a community , senior citizens must give a chance to work
for extended periods of time . Since their work
can be used to uplift certain fields of work
and they may cover the scarcity of some workforce of a country
, this
writer is in strong agreement with the given notion.Submitted by mngldissanayaka on
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