Employability of graduates is a big concern – Report

While the Indian higher education system has made considerable progress in terms of capacity creation and enrolment in the last decade, it lags significantly in terms of global relevance and competitiveness, according to a study by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, or FICCI, and Ernst & Young, writes M Saraswathy for Business Standard.

The report released at the FICCI Higher Education Summit said that low employability of graduates is driven by factors like out-dated curricula, shortage of quality faculty, high student-teacher ratios, lack of institutional and industry linkages and lack of autonomy to introduce new and innovative courses.

“Only a small proportion of Indian graduates are considered employable. This reflects in the fact that placement outcomes drop significantly as we move away from top tier institutions,” said the report. It added that this resulted in the closing down of lower-rung institutions that are not able to deliver high-quality outcomes.
Full report on the Business Standard site