Why most of the graduates are termed “Unemployable”?

I was much tensed because my exams were up in front in a few days. I was going through this usual ordeal of fear that every student has before his or her exams. “How am I going to cover the syllabus before the dooms day?” this was the question that was lingering in my mind. And the tension was taking its toll on me. I was almost scared to death. That is when I decided to go to my friend’s place with a hope to ward off my fears and feel better.



As I entered his room I saw him preparing notes for the exam. I was ashamed of myself when I saw his sincerity. I unbundled all my fears in front of him. He said, “What is the big deal? We have enough time to study”. I was surprised to hear when he said that, because the portions for the exam were very vast. And you know how the post graduate syllabus is like. The books are so thick that they can literally be used as a pillow.

Now I was very curious to know his mantra. I was desperate and asked him to help me out with the situation. I was surprised to hear his suggestion. He suggested me to mug-up all the titles and sub-titles of the topics listed in the syllabus and then to study all the diagrams associated with them. “And that’s all you got to do, it is as simple as that”, he said that with a smile. I asked, “what about the contents that I would have to write under the titles and sub-titles”. He suggested me to fill it up with my own stories. He said, “Who is going to go through what we have written? They are only going to go through the titles and the diagrams and award marks.”

And within an hour or so his studies were done and I saw him turning on the television set to catch up with the India-Pakistan one day cricket series that were going on.

So this is the state of Indian education today. Who is to be held responsible? The students who seek the easy way out or the members of the evaluation system who are so lethargic in going through the papers properly?

Most of the Indian industries find most of the students they recruit through campus processes to be unfit for the post for whatever they are being selected. These students have an excellent track record as far as their academics are considered. But when it comes to stuff they are tagged unfit. This is why you find most of the students being dropped off the companies during their probation period. If this doesn’t happen then at least their probation period gets extended.

So who is really to be blamed? There is no doubt that the education system and the infrastructure that we have today are one of the best. Even the syllabuses that are being taken as part of the curriculum are up-to-date and are in par with the latest trend. So where is that we are going wrong?

Is it the

1. The student’s care-free attitude.
2. The faulty evaluation system and the lethargic members of it.
3. Or the incompetent management.

So where can we bring a change? Who has to change? The answer to this is “EVERYONE”.

The evaluation system should be changed. They have to be strictly monitored because the careers of the students are at stake. In a way they are encouraging the students to choose the easy way out.
The management should take strong action against the evaluators who are found guilty. They must be strictly monitored.

And the student’s community must realize that all these short cut methods are helpful in getting marks on the board. But in the long run it is absolutely useless. We must realize that marks are just going to get us across the initial hurdle, set for the selection criteria in companies during the interview, but what really matters is the amount of knowledge we have acquired in the all these years. That is the only thing that can make us grow in our career.

They say, “Rights Come with Duties”. And I say, “Duties Come with Responsibilities”. If Right to Education is our fundamental right, then attaining it in the right way is our fundamental responsibility.

Our life is our responsibility, and if we realize this, then there won’t be any reason to blame others. The key is to correct ourselves rather than trying to correct others. When we realize our responsibilities and act accordingly there can be no one to stop us from attaining what we want.

So let us chase our dreams by realizing our responsibilities.

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