National attention is today focused on the education of scientists and engineers,thanks to the increasing importance of technology in our modern economic system and the increased globalisation of scientific and technological ideas, development, and production. Elets News Network (ENN) spoke to experts who believe that skill development has to be at the core of engineering.
While focusing on the skill development across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi government is laying special emphasison skilling the youths to make them job ready. Taking it forward in a positive way, Chattisgarh will have a skill development university very soon.
Vivek Dhand, Chief Secretary, Government of Chattisgarh informs, “We are planning to open a livelihood University soon in the state as we are also focusing on skill development.”
Educating and skilling the youths of the country to enable them to get employment is the altar of the government.It is expected that overall Indian education sector’s market size will increase to Rs 602,410 crores (US100.23billion)byFY15fromRs341,180crores(US
56.77 billion) in FY 12. On one hand while statistics present a burgeoning opportunity, certain numbers also point out at the difficult task ahead as they suggest less than 25 percent of the graduates are actually employable. “The development of skills for 500 million Indians in less than 10 years is not only a matter of national urgency; it is astounding in its scale”, says Dr. A. DidarSingh, Secretary General, FICCI.
Agreeing to the fact that there is a need to provide skill training even to the Engineering students, Dr. G. R. C Reddy, Director, National Institute of Technology, Goa says, “India today produces 1.5 million engineering graduates a year, most of them in what we call ‘circuit branches’- computer Science, IT, Electronics’ and Electrical Engineering. It is however, agreed by all that 75 per cent of these graduates are unemployed. The reasons are that both government and private colleges lack teachers of appropriate scholastic standard. Again, this is so because bright students are not joining postgraduate programmes nor are taking up research and teaching as a profession.”
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Due to the fact that organisations operate in an increasingly competitive environment, it results in a need for continuous employee skill development.The rapid pace of technological change requires everyone to continue learning throughout life. Although there are a number of broad skills that employers look for in candidates, such as strong communication and organisational skills or technical knowledge, each individual field of engineering and job role will have their own specific skills set.
