WHY A SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR ENGINEERS
It is hundreds of times published and well known fact that the quality of the engineers has gone to the lowest in the century in India.
According to the National Employability Report (NER) 2011, while India produces more than 500,000 engineers annually, only a miniscule 3.51 per cent are appropriately trained to be directly deployed on projects. Further, only 2.68 per cent are employable in IT product companies, which require greater understanding of computer science and algorithms. One of the main reasons for this is lack of exposure to industry-standard tools and software. The report is based on the data of more than 55,000 engineers who graduated in 2011.
The report goes deeper to identify patterns in employability across different regions and kinds of colleges, analysing in detail the distribution of employability.
The baffling situation is more relevant to Andhra Pradesh that has the largest number of engineering colleges in the country. The unbridled growth of colleges without concentrating on quality and employability has done more harm to the students while the managements made tons of money cashing in on the craze.
Experts are of the view that the current curriculum emphasizes on theory rather than practical technological applications in the industry. The fresh engineering graduates who get hired by leading companies have to go through induction on product engineering oriented or process engineering oriented or focused in-house training programmes. These programmes are usually driven and guided by internal engineers, managers and product/process specialists, and run for over four to six months. These programmes involve a lot of effort, time and costs for any corporate. This is where finishing schools come in.
Numerous smaller training organisations that claim to provide such training have sprung up in all corners of the country, but there are very few which can provide the much needed real-life job experience to candidates. As a result, they are not well aware of the specific skills that they require to land a job once they step out of their colleges.
Engineers – Are you employable?
Purple Leap Study on Employability Skills
56% of the students fail on all major skill counts - communication, problem solving and technical skills
Only 6% found employable when all factors are considered
National Employability Report
http://www.aspiringminds.in/docs/national_employability_report_engineers_2011.pdf
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