Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, May 21
The Chamber of Industrial and Commerce Undertaking (CICU) has expressed concern over the quality of engineers produced by the country. The members said the educational levels in institutes should be improved to get the best products.
President CICU Upkar Singh said, “US is a $16 trillion economy and it produces 1 lakh engineers per year, whereas, India was just a $2 trillion economy and produced more than 15 lakh engineers per year. After getting degrees, about 30 per cent of them get suitable jobs and manufacturing sector used to be mass recruiters, but due to slow down in the industry, the recruitments have come down drastically,” said Upkar Singh.
The CICU members further discussed that the World Bank also mentioned that the poor quality of education reflected on the low learning level in India. As per a survey, there are 257 engineering colleges in Punjab. The theoretical knowledge imparted in most of the colleges is poor, faculty is not well paid, experienced teachers are not recruited, said the President CICU.
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