80 percent of engineers unemployable for any job in the knowledge economy: Report
5 years, 9 months ago

80 percent of engineers unemployable for any job in the knowledge economy: Report

Firstpost  

Only 3.84 percent of engineers have the technical, cognitive and linguistic skills for software-related jobs. The employability of Indian engineers continues to be low as over 80 percent of them are unemployable for any job in the knowledge economy, says a report. According to a report by employability assessment company Aspiring Minds, only 3.84 percent of engineers in the country have the technical, cognitive and linguistic skills required for software-related jobs in start-ups. It added that engineering discipline in India is very theoretical as 60 percent faculty doesn’t talk about application of concepts in the industry and only 47 percent of the engineers attend any industry talk. Though Indian engineers show better potential than Chinese engineers in writing correct code, the proportion of engineers who cannot write compliable code in India is almost three times the Chinese engineers who cannot do so, according to the report.

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India Today  

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The Hindu  

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