Abstract:
The Planning commission’s 12th year plan 2012-2017 of India, government is looking to skill 500 million
people in India by 2022, through its various initiatives. Indian government is planning to make Indian
youth more employable by viewing skill building as an instrument to improve the effectiveness and
contribution of labour to the overall production. HRD Minister Mr Prakash Javedkar revealed that as per
AICTE study only 40 % of engineering students are employable. The government is putting an effort to
bring the number from 40 to 60% in next five years. This paper highlights the main concern for educators
as how to prepare today’s generation to succeed. It discusses the need to reform education system so
future generations can successfully face the tough and rigorous competition in the global market and can
join competitive workforce. Today’s global advancement industry demands can be met by preparing the
fresh graduates as career ready individuals. To eliminate these gap students should have out of classroom
experiences and industry/field exposure along with the professional course curriculum’s theoretical and
practical assignments. AICTE plans to introduce summer Internships for 75% of engineering students to
make them industry ready, by incorporating internship or field experience programs in the curriculum of
Undergraduate Engineering Degree Program to provide the students an insight to the real life field
scenarios. Author suggests along with the incorporation and crediting this program, the structured
evaluation process for it should be made mandatory to find out the effectiveness in the learning process
for students during their field experience.
Description:
Asian Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, 2018, p.1-8
