Engineering colleges put Job placement ahead of skill building, research

BANGALORE, INDIA: Engineering colleges in India focus more on job placement of the students instead of building their skills and research capabilities, reveals the IET-Feedback Consulting Annual Report. Around 40% of the engineering graduates end up with jobs in sales/ marketing/ HR, estimates the study.

Some of key findings of the survey conducted among the academia, industry and parents were:

IT/ ITES, Manufacturing, Electrical/ Electronics and Analytics, Hi-Tech & e-Commerce remained the top 4 sectors visiting the engineering campuses in 2014 and 2015.

Increased intake has been recorded in Core engineering (civil, electrical, mechanical, etc.) and niche engineering (biotech, textile, leather, etc.), while computer-oriented streams ( Comp. Science, IT, Electronics & Communication, etc.) saw reduction in intake.

More women took admission in engineering courses in 2014 as compared to the previous year. 31% more women opted for computer-oriented streams than core engineering streams.

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The report recommends a time-bound action plan to shift focus to innovation and excellence in engineering education in India:

• Build research capacities
• Accelerate the accreditation
• Focus more on higher order skills and creativity
• Encourage women to enter engineering
• Build more industry-academia collaborations