Only 50 out of 5000 are employable!
University education is seen as a stepping stone to securing respectable jobs in the marketplace by a large section of students in the country. But a recent initiative by University of Mumbai to check the employability ratio of undergraduate students in some of its affiliated colleges threw up some unpleasant surprises.
As per media reports, only 50 out of 5,000 students who appeared for the employability test could end up with placements! While details of the project are unavailable, news reports suggest that the results are embarrassing to be made public.
Delhi-based Aspiring Minds, which runs the Computer Adaptive Test (AMCAT) across India was the agency selected by the University to carry out the test and then arrange for placements.
While the University officials refused to comment about the matter, some city colleges are blaming the agency for its inability to place the students. A city college principal alleged that the agency did not even share any detailed report of the AMCAT score with the students, let alone getting them job offers.
Dr Mridul Nile, director of Students Welfare, University of Mumbai, who was in-charge of the programme, however, said that this was only a pilot project predominantly for rural colleges and is not representative of the overall employability scenario for the university's students. Read more
Going forward, the ambitious project is expected to cover all 1.5 lakh final-year students studying at 400 arts, science and commerce colleges and along with the university's post-graduation students in the coming years.
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