| MYTH/FACTS
ABOUT THE QUALITY OF ENGINEERING COLLEGES |
| Engineering College Admission – Student / Parent
Judgemental factors and an Analysis |
| In TamilNadu, Southern state of
India there are more than 50 Universities (list of Universities) and 500
Engineering colleges. It is a dream and life time ambition for most of the
parents to make their child an Engineer.
Each parent strive hard to secure an Engineering seat for their child
after completing Higher Secondary.
Among the 50 Universities Anna University alone comprises of 500 Eng
Colleges and considered as the first choice Universitywise for the majority
of candidates. Each parent / student
tries to select a best college for their marks scored (Aggregate of Maths,
Physics, Chemistry) in Higher Secondary. |
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| Factors
Influencing selection of College |
| 1.
Placement Record |
| 2.
Infrastructure |
| 3.
Hostel Facility |
| 4.
Transport Facility |
| 5.
Faculty |
| 6.
Good Knowledge |
| 7.
Best Work Practices |
| 8.
Individuality |
| 9.
Skill Development |
| 10. Creative Thinking |
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| Out of the above factors only the
first five are considered as most important or even thought about by students
/ parents. Last five are not even
considered nowadays. As a parent you
may argue with me saying if the results (placements) are good then it means the process is good
and college is good. Let us discuss about this in detail. |
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| Point 1. If you see the
above 10 points first 5 points are related to the college and what a college
possess and NOT related to the student and what he will possess when he
leaves the institution. What a student
will become should be given more importance. Have you seen any college advertisement
giving details of how many scholars/ intellectuals they have developed or at
the least individuals they have developed. Have you seen any ad which proudly
says about giving a name of a student
and his achievements? You will
never see that kind of ad because they do not work towards that. |
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| Point 2.
Placement Record |
| Parent : As a parent I am interested only in placement record.
None other than that. I am from middle
class and my son/daughter getting a
job is more important. |
| Parents are suggested to check
details related to the placement record of college. Most of the colleges
claim number of students as placed may not be true. Let me give an example, An IT Corporate
runs an Engineering Institution, but the Company recruits hardly 5 candidates
in a year from its own institution. Any logical thoughtful person will notice
this glaring contrast. Question arises
like, whether it is not sure of its quality and why it should recruit from
other campuses rather than its own.
It is like an hotelier having dinner in another hotel. |
| Moreover whatever they show as
companies that recruit candidates, are not core companies like BHEL, HAL,
TAFE, Eicher, TATA Motors, ABB etc. Either they are IT companies or BPO
centers. Most of the IT Companies give
Campus offers and out that how many are honored will be a question. |
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| Point 3.
Hostel Facility |
| Food and accommodation is provided
and most of the colleges provide better facilities and this need not be
selection criteria. Colleges are for education and it should not be compared
as Hotel. In contrast most of the
colleges provide very good food and it causes obesity among the
students. It is better to check
whether they have any proper diet controlled food rather than rich diet or
varieties of food. In fact very good food causes serious health issues rather
than any good to health. |
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| Point 4.
Transportation Facility |
| It is an era where colleges are on
the outskirts of the city and atleast 15 – 60 kms away from the city. If the students have to depend on Public
transport the college will have hardly 50% attendance due to bus scarcity and
students unable to catch public transport during peak hours. So colleges
provide bus and this is anyway charged to the students only. So it is PAY and USE facility and colleges have to provide
transport if the college is on the outskirts. |
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| Point 5.
Faculty |
| Most of the colleges offer ME/MTech
courses to the students who pass out of their own college as Graduates. This is like getting double credit one for
providing placement and another they fill Master Degree course seats. Many colleges take hold of degree and other
certificates from the Faculty and in case they wish to leave in the middle of
the year it is not possible for them.
Salary is low compared with other sectors. Freedom is less since most of the
institutions are family managed and all decisions are taken at top and not
even suggestions travel up the chain.
With all these factors posing
as a real threat to the intelligentsia trying to take teaching as a career
path. Percentage of faculty with
passion to teach is very small. |
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BearCat Bob  |
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