I have seen the students taking 6-7 years to complete their own engineering course take roles of lecturers in engineering college immediately after their completions. What quality do you expect from them? there is qualification criteria for teachers and lecturers, which results in poor teaching standards. What is also missing is interface with industry. I bet not even 10% of engineering college lecturers know the utility or application of their teaching subject in the industry. Solution: Create a forum of College and Indutry then have people working in their regular jobs, teach the students in the engineering college on a visiting faculty basis. This will make students understand utility/applicaiton of what they are leanring and create better 'teachers' for next batch of students.
younger brother got admission with45% in engg college that to in PUNE now with this level of students how engg graduates will be of any LEVEL worth all thing in INDIA in last 25 years or so and in last 12 years more so aoe touching NADIR
With education becoming a lucrative bussiness, thousands of colleges have mushroomed all over the country, without basic infra, including teaching. The quality of teaching in these colleges are very bad, some dont even have one. So naturally you,ll end up having substandard Doctors, Engineers ..But who cares. Sarkar as any business lala , is interested in quantity (moolah).
With education becoming a lucrative business, thousands of colleges mushroomed without basic facilities including teaching. Quality of teaching is very poor & So you have substandard doctors, Engineers etc,
Institues fail to engage students to hone skills including analytical and communication. I went through same when I completed my engg. I was fortunate the 1st organisation had patience to guide me through the concepts & processes which enabled me to gain confidence and improve communication. It took me 3 years to set my purpose of professional career after I got hold of my strenghts and weaknesses.
The problem is most of the companies and hiring agencies think that the students who score more than 60% are actually employable.Because of this trend people seem to ignore the guys who have spent their life developing practical skills of their own and missed out on the theory part. I have seen top grade students freak-out when they are asked to demonstrate their skill. Learning and mugging-up are two different things.
The main problem of Engineering is that they have made it a business. The syllabus setters have no clue of what is going on in industries. The lecturers are out of touch with latest trends they are more pushed towards paper presentations and conferences without proper guidelines. We still have fixed subject, there is no freedom to students to choose their career path. For example even though interested in networking, student need to learn Artificial intelligence in Final year.... And then the industries think of day-one productivity.
Hand full of IIT's and NIT's are not enough for a country like India with 1.2 billion population.We will have to rely on a number of private institutions and engineering colleges.
What the above article does not address is the need for skilled and commitec teachers.Pay teachers well and make teaching a reasonably profitable profession to make a decent living. That will have force multiplier effects and generate employable students.
One more important point is for acedamics not to function in isolation. They shoul have frequent industry/college interaction.
You cant speak up then you are bound to be exploited.Should have slapped professor and managers on the spot when they were crossing the lines.Now show your inherited culture and give them your kids so they get exploited too.
