Encourage startups to create jobs: AICTE chairman
CHANDIGARH: At a time when there is a big question mark on the employability of engineering graduates, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe
has said that colleges and universities should emphasize more on
startups. “There are lots of opportunities for students starting their
own entrepreneurial journey,” Sahasrabudhe said, adding that engineering
graduates should focus more on startups rather than looking for jobs in
large industries and corporations. He was talking on the sidelines of a
symposium in Panjab University on Monday.
“The types of jobs are changing and there are new emerging areas in which we need to train our faculty to further teach students. More emphasis should be on startups and there are lots of opportunities for students starting their own entrepreneurial journey. We are encouraging startups in colleges and universities. They can develop their own way of funding through alumni, their college as well as industry. The department of science and technology and NITI Aayog can fund only limited number,” said Sahasrabudhe.
On the means to tackle low employability in engineering graduates, he said, “The curriculum itself is outdated in many colleges and universities. It needs to be updated so that our students learn what is required by the industry. In case the faculty is not trained to teach that syllabus, we will train them through massive open online courses (MOOC) so that they are able to learn these course content at their respective locations.”
The AICTE chairman state that the connect between the students and faculty was missing and that was the reason behind agitations in colleges and universities. Elaborating on a three-week module where one faculty member would mentor a group of 25 students in the higher educational institutions, he said that the programme was meant to connect students with the faculty and strengthen the bond. Sahasrabudhe is of the opinion that after implementing this programme, the students would refrain from “agitating” in educational insitutions.
“A group of 25 students will be associated with one faculty member under the programme and the students will interact with faculty members, hold discussions, exercise, go to picnic and movies together. The faculty member will automatically become a guardian for the students. Instead of agitating and creating problems in the colege/university, they will go to that faculty member and resolve the issue. The connect between the students and faculty is missing today. All agitations in the colleges and universities can be overcome by addressing the issue in this way,” he added.
“The types of jobs are changing and there are new emerging areas in which we need to train our faculty to further teach students. More emphasis should be on startups and there are lots of opportunities for students starting their own entrepreneurial journey. We are encouraging startups in colleges and universities. They can develop their own way of funding through alumni, their college as well as industry. The department of science and technology and NITI Aayog can fund only limited number,” said Sahasrabudhe.
On the means to tackle low employability in engineering graduates, he said, “The curriculum itself is outdated in many colleges and universities. It needs to be updated so that our students learn what is required by the industry. In case the faculty is not trained to teach that syllabus, we will train them through massive open online courses (MOOC) so that they are able to learn these course content at their respective locations.”
The AICTE chairman state that the connect between the students and faculty was missing and that was the reason behind agitations in colleges and universities. Elaborating on a three-week module where one faculty member would mentor a group of 25 students in the higher educational institutions, he said that the programme was meant to connect students with the faculty and strengthen the bond. Sahasrabudhe is of the opinion that after implementing this programme, the students would refrain from “agitating” in educational insitutions.
“A group of 25 students will be associated with one faculty member under the programme and the students will interact with faculty members, hold discussions, exercise, go to picnic and movies together. The faculty member will automatically become a guardian for the students. Instead of agitating and creating problems in the colege/university, they will go to that faculty member and resolve the issue. The connect between the students and faculty is missing today. All agitations in the colleges and universities can be overcome by addressing the issue in this way,” he added.
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