No need to tell that 3 IDIOTS is an awesome movie ...
But it gives us an opportunity to think that is there something terribly wrong with Indian Education System?
After watching the movie 5 times in theatre (no its not that I couldn't understand it in the previous 4 attempts, its just that I liked the movie so much), I tried to ask myself the same question, what the movie posed.
1. Whether I wanted to become an Engineer or my parents pushed me towards this?
2. Whether I like the work I do as an Engineer?
Fortunately, I didn't know till 10th standard that I would like to become an Engineer. And most importantly my parents never forced me to become one. They just wanted me to study well and decide upon my future, that's it. I would like to thank my then school friends, who told me what to do of my grim future at that point of time. So can't really say that Engineering was my passion. Secondly, anyone who has a good aptitude and an understanding of Physics can be an Engineer. So the question that whether you like Engineering, boils down to whether you can understand it. In this respect, yes I fully love my work as an Engineer .... Now whatever, that might mean to you !!!
Wherever I go, students get enroll in an Engineering college, the completion upon which invariably go to a management college, later on to work in some financing firm or as an entrepreneur ... the list is endless. The point is, do we really need so many managers, marketing executives, finance experts ... etc AT THE COST OF ENGINEERS. I really can't appreciate people doing there engineering and finally ending up in a banking firm after doing a postgraduation in business administration. One of my bosses told it to me that in the future there will be a dearth of technical experts in our country. Why afterall does a mechanical engineer, for instance, does an MBA and ends up doing a job in a bank? Well, the reason that I can understand (many people doing MBA will not agree to this) is that doing an MBA will fetch much more money and an astonishing lifestyle than that doing an MS or an MTech. Moreover I have seen many engineers taking CAT because they feel that if one of their classmates who was considered to be a duffer in studies can crack CAT, why can't they? Whatever be the reason, there is a very small proportion of people (engineers) who have a passion for management.
Still not able to understand what I wanted to convey??? Then you better watch 3 IDIOTS once again, on my request !!!
Good to know that you also have the same questions in life as i have. But now i have answers for these questions(at-least i think that i had answers).
ReplyDeleteNow! you said about engineering and Business schools. Why students want to go for management courses. This reminds me of an old punjabi saying "Dangger we taan othey gye ne jithae bouhta ghaa pya hai"
Don't worry i will translate it for you.
It means animals always moves in direction of greener grass. Because they do not have mind to change situations.
But As we are humans we can change the situations and we can change marsh land to green pastures.
So it is simple, most of us are still animals who loves to move with the heard but few are real men and chose to do what they want to do.
this is some thing which i really believe.
It is good for them how want to go for business studies after their B-Tech one can not really blame them
As most of the students did not know what they really want to become in life or what they want to achieve in there life.
This situation will remain there unless and until we can prove that there is money in other professions also like painting, carpentry, gardening etc. But this can not happen overnight as we are a developing economy we do not have enough money.
I would suggest do not worry about the system.
It will be corrected itself. Progress and prosperity are the only two things which can help us to achieve this. Education system will automatically age enough to solve this problem of students shifting trades.
If you really want to make some change.
Please Please work hard so that India can progress and one day we will have so much wealth that we can give equal opportunity to all the trades.
BEST OF LUCK.
You have made a pt here.I feel that engineers going to MBA is demoting oneself.
ReplyDeleteThese are facts which everyone kinda knows but no one's willing to accept. Today we maybe having alot of engineers and even managers but the quality is considerably degraded. the realization is dawning on people but it will take some time. Being an engineering student, i can feel the changes in trends. If only we were'nt driven by what the whole world wants and listen to what we want ...
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