Its Time for National Knowledge Commission and other Top Officeals of Education Minsitry to look into the Gross Root level probelms of education
our education is not making Human beings rather un wanted lot for the society.
Primary education in India is Completely Neglected by the Successive Governments , only eye wash process by implementing Mid day Meal type schemes. all are not reaching the required.. we need Education Commision headed by sitting Supreme Court Justice as chairman.
wake up India !!!! for the Challenges a head .. with Raising population of unwanted youth in the name of Degrees...
New Delhi: Discussing a report by software industry group Nasscom which says that 75 per cent engineering students in India are unemployable, education experts here on Saturday said that the Indian higher education system must give skill building and practical training equal importance as academics to give them an edge.
Mr A.D. Sahasrabudhu, director of the College of Engineering, Pune said one of the major reasons why engineers, even from reputed institutes, are not easily employed because they lack hands-on skill.
"The focus in most institutes here is always on academics and theory. Thus a mechanical engineer may actually not know how to change a part of a machine. Therefore even if a high scoring student gets placed in a good company, eventually that lack of practical knowledge catches up," Mr Sahasrabudhu said during a panel discussion at the sixth Higher Education Summit organised by Federation of of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci).
"From our experience we now know that practical, hands-on training is very crucial in the education system," he added.
In their latest report released in the last week of October, National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) said Indian IT firms reject 90 percent of college graduates and 75 per cent of engineers who apply for jobs because they are not good enough to be trained.
And because there is such a dearth of competent people, companies like Infosys increased its training of employees to 29 weeks from this year. That's seven months of training, the report added.
Mr Richard Kerly, a Scottish university professor, who had participated in the discussion said: "Just recently I came to know that Citi Bank had started its recruiting process here, but was not going to campuses placement cells.
"The possible reason is that students here, although brilliant, don't have an edge when it comes to putting theories to practice."
Mr Sudhir Matthew, Dean, Ecole Hoteliere Lavasa, Lavasa Corporation Limited, Pune said: "The scene is very similar in the hospitality industry. Lack of hands-on trained students have forced hotel chains like the Oberoi, Taj and ITC to open their own hotel schools where the students are trained as per their needs.
"Tourism will grow at a rate of 8.8 percent till 2015 in India, making it one of the fastest growing markets but there is a serious lack of skilled hands. Academics combined with practical training is therefore very important to meet this shortage which is estimated at 3.2 million."
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Submitted by BSY, B. Yeddyurappa on Sat, 07/11/2009 - 11:19pm.
I do not agree that practical exposure alone is the only reason for inefficient graduates. Do they expect to involve the academic student completely, running projects during their studies and expect fresh graduates to tackle full projects immediately. Then what for senior staff? Till is to sack from foreign office.
Submitted by S.I.H. on Sun, 08/11/2009 - 3:44pm.
I do not agree that practical exposure is the only reason for inefficient graduates. Do they expect to involve the academic student to do full-fledged running projects during their studies and expect fresh graduates to tackle full projects immediately? Then what for senior staff?
The solution is to sack foriegn staff and set norms for recruiting foreigners and give more and more chance to fresh graduates.
The solution is to sack foriegn staff and set norms for recruiting foreigners and give more and more chance to fresh graduates.
Submitted by Badrinath Kuchibotla on Sat, 07/11/2009 - 9:35pm.
I totally agree, I finished my electronic and comm engg in 1988. I couldn't find a job right away since we do not have partical experience. At that time, an ITE grad used to better than us, because he has partical training.
I think engg curriculum should change. Now I am into SW industry in USA, def not doing what I learned in Engg.
I think engg curriculum should change. Now I am into SW industry in USA, def not doing what I learned in Engg.
Submitted by yogi on Sun, 08/11/2009 - 6:14am.
No wonder we use the right books to teach students, but definitely don't employ competent professors who can give students insights into how an algorithm/component works in real life and its limitations well. There is no concept of breaking a complex algorithm into small and simple steps, and knowing its usage well. Only IIT and some top universities get theoretical and practical kind of training, and the remainder 75% pass out by remembering algorithms and subjects that we don't even use it after school. I think the govt should pay competent professors well, and not just focus only top universities.
Btw, I'm not from a top university but compete with guys from top universities, with my sheer hard work and not by luck.
I always thought why some friends of mine were knowledgeable and used to blame my stars.
Btw, I'm not from a top university but compete with guys from top universities, with my sheer hard work and not by luck.
I always thought why some friends of mine were knowledgeable and used to blame my stars.
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