Feb 07 2009
Increasing quantity can’t assure quality
Over the year number of engineering colleges in India has gone up frantically and presently around 52,000 graduate in engineering pass out from prominent states like Maharashtra, Kerala, Bengal and others. The number is surely impressive but the quality is still questionable. The past few years have seen bright students from core subjects like Electrical, Electronics, Mechanics an Civil opting for software jobs. While these benefited the software or IT industry of India it has now created a saturation point there and a lack of talent in the core or infrastructure based industries. Many computer students now have to wait an watch for a vacancy in an industry which had promise Indian students jobs for the next five years. Just doing a Google search will land you innumerable number of results for Engineering colleges in India.
Lack of quality talent is not the only problem. Thinking on to profit on the huge demand for the course many private institutions started off with insufficient infrastructure. Government in its rush to provide education to more students gave affiliations to such colleges with lesser scrutiny and now the outcome is that almost 40% of the colleges lack in quality faculty or lab facilities. Last semester few parents revolted and informed the press of the inferior quality of laboratories their children were getting in the colleges and that created a rush of multiple accusations and blame game on part of the college authorities and the state Education Ministry.
That resulted into serial scrutiny by a committee and few of them are about to visit our college soon. While luckily mine is situated in the centre of the city and has Government fund flowing in it, that has at least ensured the labs and the infrastructure for them exist here. But the story is not all golden here. Many apparatus in our Analog lab and Electronics lab does not function properly because they are old or have been spoiled while using by the students. We have to continue our practical class with those machines sometimes even going to the extent of waiting for minutes for a single reading to appear on the screen. While the rising number of colleges is surely a blessing for a country like ours, faculty and infrastructure needs to undergo serious evaluation.
I agree. Dumbing down the high standards only accomplishes making peope feel good who get these degrees
You are so right about this. In my country the number of graduates are increasing every year but it’s so hard for most of them to find jobs. The quality is just not there and it’s really sad.
Interesting article. Luckily your school is taken care of. College is a great place for students to learn so the equipment should be in tip top shape.
Michele
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@rozella
I agree its becoming more difficult for graduates to get jobs as there quality is reducing day by day.
@milyjohnson
Yeah college is the best place but even in my college some serious renovation is needed.
@alzheimersideas
You are right about the fact that the degrees are now becoming more of feel good papers.