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Indian HRD Ministry plans finishing school for engineers
NEW DELHI: Once finishing schools, mostly in Switzerland, were meant for rich girls on the threshold of marriage. Call it democratisation of the concept, HRD ministry is planning finishing schools for engineers.The ministry's move is borne out of various Nasscom reports, which have said that though there was no dearth of engineering graduates in India, most of them were unemployable. The ministry said that "while enhancing the quality of technical education should remain the goal in the long term" as an "immediate response", a programme of finishing schools would be started. In the first phase of the programme, seven National Institutes of Technology will impart finishing school courses in selected areas of information technology. Areas and names of NITs are yet to be finalised but the ministry plans to put the scheme in motion as early as possible. A Nasscom report had said that 12% of engineering services outsourcing (ESO) comes to India. It is estimated that by 2020, as much as 25-30% of a $150 to $225 billion market for offshored ESO would come to India. But Nasscom had said that though India has 28% of the total talent pool suitable for ESO and ITO/BPO work available in low-cost countries, not all are equipped with the skill sets required to succeed in this market. Posted by: john 2007-02-06 |
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