Engineering Degree has lost its sheen and the reasons are crystal clear: 1. Engineering is not recognised as a professional course by banks and other financial institutions. Professional courses listed in their itinerary are Medicine, Architecture and MBA. 2. With an Engineering Bachelors Degree in hand it is almost impossible to get employed in a decent place. A regular fresher graduate gets around Rs. 6000 and with experience the salary goes upto Rs. 60000 which is far far less than any other corresponding courses. 3. If obtaining a MBA is the only option left for students after Engineering, then they would prefer the less difficult route of Commerce rather than Engineering. Ultimately selling soaps, oils and insurance will get bread on the table. So why waste an additional year in college and get thick specs only to get back in line and start over again????
"Abundance like want ruins"-says an old proverb which aptly applies to the three states objecting to the mushroom growth of private engineering college without any rule or rhyme.And it is the same state govts which also need to be blamed for making the college so cheap with all their degenerated standards.Engineering once was a lofty profession with extraordinary aptitude & merit of the candidate which,over a period-especially during the last decade has become cheaper than even a B.Com of a reputed college in any city.It is very difficult to get a seat in B.Com of Bhadruka College in Hyderabad rather than getting a seat in an engineering college anywhere in AP.I do not think,there is any mandal in AP without a private engineering college.The private college which sprang up with jet speed during the past decade have neither proper infrastructure nor faculty since their very birth was for commercial purpose of making money in the context of growing demand which in turn had been due to the boom in IT & realty industry in particular and NOT with a sincere intention of imparting the real education.In the name of arresting out flow of the state's students to other states,the govt & organisers have lost sight of the very purpose of the education for all extraneous reasons best known to every one.Barring the top 10 private colleges in any of these 3 states,merit has become almost extinct.(contd)
"Abundance like want ruins"-says an old proverb which aptly applies to the three states objecting to the mushroom growth of private engineering college without any rule or rhyme.And it is the same state govts which also need to be blamed for making the college so cheap with all their degenerated standards.Engineering once was a lofty profession with extraordinary aptitude & merit of the candidate which,over a period-especially during the last decade has become cheaper than even a B.Com of a reputed college in any city.It is very difficult to get a seat in B.Com of Bhadruka College in Hyderabad rather than getting a seat in an engineering college anywhere in AP.I do not think,there is any mandal in AP without a private engineering college.The private college which sprang up with jet speed during the past decade have neither proper infrastructure nor faculty since their very birth was for commercial purpose of making money in the context of growing demand which in turn had been due to the boom in IT & realty industry in particular and NOT with a sincere intention of imparting the real education.In the name of arresting out flow of the state's students to other states,the govt & organisers have lost sight of the very purpose of the education for all extraneous reasons best known to every one.Barring the top 10 private colleges in any of these 3 states,merit has become almost extinct.(contd)
Re: As you sow,so you reap !!
by mallaiah anchoori on Nov 29, 2011 06:15 AM
(Contd from my above post). It is good that,though "better late than never",the concerned state govts woke up to the reality & have come out with such a request which could be due to the incidence of subsidy they have to grant to the college for each of the student while there is a cap on the capitation fee to be collected by the concerned managements.The state govts,instead,can as well adopt the strategy behind the theory of - "survival of the fittest" which eventually forces the unworthy colleges to disappear on their own.Unfortunately,the approach of we,the Indians is always lop-sided;we tend to follow a pattern triggered by temporary phenomenon-say,we prefer our children to do engineering just because there has been a spurt demand actuated by IT industry without thinking as to how long that is going to continue OR as to how long the industry continues to pay so lucratively.And the fault also lies with the mind set & unrealistic ambitions of parents most of whom,unfortunately, only wish their children to be either engineers or doctors as if there the world is devoid ofother professions/courses .Any one who emerges meritoriously irrespective of the faulty he chooses-be it engineering,medicine or arts would always be in demand.One should try to excel in his field.Mediocre/ substandard stuff is always relegated to the back as is evident from several engineers/ doctors who did their courses just for the heck of the name.
Re: Re: As you sow,so you reap !!
by mallaiah anchoori on Nov 29, 2011 06:38 AM
Not only not allowing opening of the fresh colleges,the govt should also ask for gradation of the existing colleges in tune with the infrastructure & quality of the faculty since these two play a vital role in molding the students finally.Whether to consider as a lucky factor or otherwise,inter discipline resorted to & adopted by the employers is really a plus factor in the sense that an It job is not given only to mere an engineer but is,of late, given to a raw graduate in commerce,science or arts too with due orientation questioning the very validity in the argument of that job to go only to an engineer.Days are fast changing shunning the sacrosanctness to any thing now.Irrespective of the course one does,he who delivers the goods is preferred rather than believing in a formal education only in that particular field."Jo jeetegaa, wahee secunder-(the one who wins is the king;there are several engineering graduates in civil services & many MBAs managing the IT companies/ engineering firms.What is required is dedication to the work & sincerity to the purpose.In fact acquiring education in any field is an "art";that is the reason why in western countries all the degress,for some timee-wjether be in science or engineering were called as "B.A"basically followed by a suffix like B.A (literature),B.A.(Science) & so on.What is there in the name?what we learn & put to use is ,after all,more important.
people started opening engg. colleges in every village in AP during the great Babu's regime (94-2004)...he used to say I am saving our money because our children are going to Karnataka or Maharashtra for engg or mbbs courses....little did he realize the impact of quantity over quality...that fool has done a long term damage to AP because of his actions...now everyone is realizing what a bad investment it is
