Around 20 yrs ago from the day I'm publishing this article there was huge growth in Engineering colleges all over India. It was a running joke in the community that if a threw a rock on a group of 10 young people your chances of hitting an engineer were 70%. It raised particularly 2 important question: 1-What are the standard of academics in these institutions? 2-Are there enough jobs available in the country to employ those students who graduate successfully? To answer the first question,I would like to point to the fact that standards vary for all educational institution. But even if it is low these kid have to come from a schooling system where they would have to read-Physics,Chemistry,Maths and Computers for 12th class electives. You can argue about the school standard education but atleast they must have passed these subjects in any respectable board be it national or statewise. That itself introduces analytical thinking in a student. That is so critical for a developing count...
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