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Aspirants make good use of the education fair
— PHOTO:S. SIVA SARAVANAN
OTHER OPTIONS: Representatives of an animation institute offering counselling about courses to students at the education fair of The Hindu Education Plus held in Coimbatore on May 8 and 9.
The two-day maiden education fair of The Hindu Education Plus in Coimbatore held on May 8 and 9 turned out to be eventful with some firsts to its credit. For what can be termed as a rare occurrence, Vice-Chancellors of five universities came together to visit the fair, that had 44 stalls. The first course-guidance session by educational consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi took off in the presence of R. Radhakrishnan, Anna University, Coimbatore, G. Thiruvasagam, Bharathiar University, Paul P. Appasamy, Karunya University, Saroja Prabhakaran, Avinashilingam University for Women, and P. Venkat Rangan, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
Mr. Gandhi said those pursuing core engineering courses would have double the amount of opportunities in the future compared to those who had knowledge only in IT. For the coming academic year, Mr. Gandhi listed out civil engineering, ocean engineering, textile engineering, materials science, geo-informatics, petroleum and refining engineering, pharmaceuticals and electro-chemical engineering, as ones to look out for as they are seen as emerging fields in careers. In addition to checking out the new courses offered by the universities and colleges, they also got to hear experts speak on what was new and career-oriented. Another unique feature was the panel discussion. A panel discussion consisting of five subject experts from the engineering stream was held. Moderating the discussion, R. Radhakrishnan, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University, Coimbatore, said the demand for core engineering graduates was on the rise. In the recent years, computers have had immense applications in core engineering areas too. The situation was such that all branches of engineering required the support of Information Technology. Engineering and arts and science colleges had lined up some really attractive courses. In addition, institutions offering diploma or certificate courses too had something to offer in terms of career opportunities. For parents mulling over financial constraints, bank representatives were there to guide them through the process of an education loan.
But, the icing on the cake was the results of Plus Two getting published on May 9. Those who awaited their Plus Two results visited the fair on Friday to know theirs.
Special arrangements had been made at some stalls to help students in this regard. A separate laptop and printer were made available at the special counter for intimating the result and also taking printouts. Once the results were published, students put the fair to good use. “Those who got better marks than they expected were able to choose courses which they could have not chosen expecting a lower score. Those who got lower marks could make conscious decisions about courses where they would get seats, rather than aspire for those where they would not get admission,” opined an educationist.
The fair was presented by Animaster, in association with Bannari Amman Institute of Technology. Anna University, Coimbatore, Park Group of Institutions and Hindusthan Group of Educational Institutions were the co-sponsors, and Bank of India was the banking partner.
AMUTHA KANNAN
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