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‘Poor investment made in higher education’
Staff Reporter
Photo: M. Govarthan
Well done!: UPSC member K.S.Chalam presents the Alagammal Charitable Trust gold medal to Ronak K.Thakker, on Saturday. —
SATHYAMANGALAM: Shortage of skilled labour, which various industries in the country experience at present, is due to poor investments in higher education in the past, K. S. Chalam, member, Union Public Service Commission, has said.
Addressing a gathering of students, faculty and management of the Bannari Amman Institute of Technology here on Saturday, he said, “There is a shortage of skills in various trades, which is due to poor investments in higher education.”
As a consequence of the poor investment, private players entered the education industry but that did not yield the desired results.
“Private sector did invest in education but in only those disciplines that enjoyed a good demand in the labour market,” he said at the institution’s twelfth annual day celebrations organised on the campus.
Now there was a greater need for the Government to invest in higher education, he added.
Continuing on the subject, the former vice chancellor of the Dravidian University said the students, forced by their parents, chose only certain disciplines, while neglecting others.
“The students acquire only those skills that are in demand in the market, which is short sightedness, as is being done now in acquiring soft skills,” he said.
He claimed that technical institutes in India taught only 40 different skills, while in China it was 4,000.
He wanted the youth to study about societies, relationships and take enough time to do so, as such relationships had a taken a backseat in the fast-paced life.
He then detailed the various opportunities the engineering students had in civil services.
Chairman of the Bannari Amman group of companies S. V. Balasubramaniam said education was not about acquiring facts but also being able to think divergently.
Quoting former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, he said the young must be encouraged to be creative.
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