You Shouldn't Be Forced To Become An Engineer

    • Economic Times
    • Publish Date: May 23 2017 2:38PM
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    • Updated Date: May 23 2017 2:45PM
You Shouldn't Be Forced To Become An Engineer

Not long ago, engineering, along with medicine, was a student's ticket to success in life. The standard question to children used to be: 'Will you become a doctor or engineer?' Not any more. There is a glut of engineers in the country and most of them are not employable. Old problems of low-quality education and outdated curricula have become more pronounced with automation and emerging technology reshaping businesses.

 

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A few years ago, a McKinsey report said just a quarter of engineers in India were employable. Of late, some other studies put it at less than 20%. More recently, a survey by employability assessment firm Aspiring Minds said 95% of Indian engineers can’t code.  Though graduates from India's premiere engineering colleges such as the IITs are still in demand, it is the thousands of other engineering colleges and ITIs which churn out millions of graduates every year whose employbility is questionable. 

 
Even today, a large chunk of Indian parents keep pushing their children to gravitate towards engineering. A handful of high-performers from top IITs do get eye-popping salaries, but it isn’t easy for most fresh graduates from institutes not in the top few. Many end up doing jobs that are unrelated to engineering.  
 

More than 60% of the eight lakh engineers graduating from technical institutions across the country every year remain unemployed, according to the All India Council for Technical Education. This is a potential loss of 20 lakh man days annually. That's not all. Just 15% of engineering programmes offered by over 3,200 institutions are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). 


 

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When automation is replacing most of the process-based jobs, the employability challenge becomes even more daunting. The main problems with engineering education are inappropriate curriculum, inadequate laboratory infrastructure and a shortage of quality human resources for teaching. 
 
Narayanan Ramaswamy, partner and head of education and skill development at KPMG in India, said that the engineer employability debate needed to be looked at from a macro perspective. According to him, the real problem is whether what was being taught correlates to current industry requirements. “Don’t attack the students. You’re barking up the wrong tree then,” Ramaswamy said. “Academia has been myopic. But industry isn’t making the effort either to tell academia how things have changed and what they now want." 
 

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Himanshi Dhawan Saffron Public School

It is so surprising that every Tom and Jack''s career prospects flock around engineering. Our country lacks scientists, bureaucracy, teachers, journalists, lawyers so, it''s better to focus on these subjects too. Instead of being ostentatious and taking science, one should be practical-minded and should search for future employment in that field.

Hemalatha.G Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation Higher Secondary Scho

Yeah! That''s true. Even my sister chose engineering, with interest but she is an bank employee now. I don''t know why parents are still forcing their children to become a doctor or engineer. Actually students are broad minded. They know to choose their career. They have different ideas. But they are forced to stay in the box of compulsion. This has to change. Students should be allowed to decide their future, but with a small guidance.

Aadrit Banerjee Apeejay School Salt Lake

This a very common stereotype of parents, pushing their children either in the engineering or medical field. Neither they think about their children''s comfort nor they consider their children''s choice. So this becomes a real problem

Aadrit Banerjee Apeejay School Salt Lake

I have seen many people who have done well in subjects other than science and are well settled in their life. So we should break such prejudices and let students pursue what they want....

Aadrit Banerjee Apeejay School Salt Lake

This is an increasing problem and so many students revolt against their parents and their relationship turns sour. I even remember writing an article on this topic in this website.

Anagha bhat Ramsheth Thakur Public School, Kharghar , Navi Mum

So true ! Most of my relatives are engineers and a some are doctors with only a few being of other occupations. Today there is such wide variety of occupations. Now , with the increasing options of vocations, today there can be improvement in all four sides . Only engineering or being a doctor may not bring credit the country . Hence we being broad minded should try go out of the box, try new vocations and look out for a bright and fresh future

Benita St. Mary's School

Of course parents want their children to become something good and be highly respected in the society, but at the same time they should understand, what their children really want. They must never force them in becoming something, they must take initiatives according to their children ability and interest. Even if the child successfully reached his/her parents expectation there will be no point in doing that job because it was what he/she wanted.

Aishwarya Iyer Deens Academy

I totally agree with you all. Other fields should also be explored.

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