Tuesday, November 22, 2011

lopsided higher education is no criterion for decline in unemployment.

The western world is suffering from severe recession. Some call it period of Correction as the rapid rise in the economic development that is not corresponding to realistic growth of the economy with subsequent augmentation, would ignite collapse of the same in due course of time.
Sadly, The world over unemployment is the burning problem.
To portray regarding the Indian economy, certain facts are pin pointed.
The education in the country’s youth has increased many folds. [Not considering, the huge portion of population still remains uneducated due to various reasons but only taking into account, the figures projecting rise in educated class.]
But,
The education among youth is not accompanied by the equalivalant job opportunity. Thus, the class of educated unemployed increases on a mammoth scale and it brings along, stressful and depressing society.
While dwelling further, into the current scenario, one comes across, certain facts.
The education in the modern society, remains various graduation degrees to hi-fi medical as well engineering, finance and related higher studies.
But,
While producing such a lot, the present education system looks down upon the job opportunities in the Menial fields. For ex. emergence of colossal Automobile Industry will not suffice if the trained car mechanics are unavailable. Unfortunately, our education system lacks the stimulation for pride in doing menial jobs. [My intention here, is not to disgrace the higher degress but to present the same pride to people engaged in other skilled jobs. Unless we grace the similar stateliness to other skills, the progress will remain lopsided.] A youth having secured barely minimum marks, fights tooth and nail, to get into Graduation Course , overlooking the Vocational Courses that would immediately grant him or her job opportunity, faces setback, almost immediately in the first few years as they fail to grasp the subject.
Such scenario, drive them to leave their home town in search of jobs. The recent study by Bhaskar Expert panel on the effects of industrialization projects that about 3 crores of people leave their home town each year. The lop sided industrialization is the cause and it could prove horrendous for the future growth. Mahatma Gandhi always thrust upon the development of villages and self sufficiency to villages, which could have led to non mobilization of rural population towards the urban areas. Today, Shri Narendra Modi has created Rurban economy in Gujarat, where industrialization has reached the door step of the people of rural areas instead of they reaching there.
Kerala is considered as the Most Educated State but shockingly, it possesses 20.77% of unemployed in the country and this is the highest percentage!!!
Situation is very alarming and it should serve as an eye-opener. Education is must, no doubt but higher education should co-relate with job opportunity and mainly individual capacity and aptitude..
Or else, we will lead to create not only a depressing society but also unemployed youth as well as severe scarcity in basic services...

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