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and her sixteen-year old son, Amit sat at the dining table. The same discussion
followed all over again. He slipped the plate across the table, got up half way
through the meal, and stormed out. When we ring up Vanchiyoor based Q-mens consultancy
which offers counselling to students, they say this is but common occurrence in
houses with high-schoolers.“Though
we mostly get students who have panic attacks before entrance exams, there are
times more than often when we get students who don't want to pursue the career
suggested by their parents!” So why is it that parents push their children to
get an engineering degree? “It is for job security,” says Mary Racheal, a
mother of two.But
do all Engineering graduates find a job? Roshni Raj from Kollam would beg to
disagree.
“It's been months since I passed out, but I haven't yet found a job. Plenty of
my friends have settled for call centre jobs, but that isn't why I took up
Engineering,” she says.You
may want to believe that this happens only with certain engineering colleges. But
let's talk to Rohit Krishnan and Joseph J. Both studied together at a reputed
coaching centre in Thrissur before they made their way to National Institute of
Technology, Kozhikkode. Even with decent scores, they had to job hunt for few
months until Pune based 'egain' opened their door.“The
biggest problem is that most engineering students want to stick to their core
branch and the placement opportunities are mainly from the IT-software sector,”
says Rohit who is a chemical engineer. Even in highly reputed colleges like NIT,
the placement percentage hardly touches 70.
There are many cases where students drop out half way through their course, and
some struggle with back papers and finally end up in a job that has got nothing
to do with what they learned.
Dr Venugopal Reddy, a doctor and life skills expert goes from school to school
preaching how it is important to zero in on the right career.“Most
parents cringe when they hear that their kid wants to do something different. They
think its doom! For instance, I remember a case when I had to spend hours
convincing a boy's parents. The kid wanted to be a chef and the parents would not agree at any cost, but
how much does a five-star hotel chef earn? They earn more than doctors and
engineers! And more than remuneration, job satisfaction counts too. It is
necessary to consider the TAP (Talent, Aptitude, Passion) when considering to
choose a profession,” he says.
A graduation course is more than just four years
of a student’s life, it determines how one would spend rest of one's life. Most
engineering students have straight faces, when asked why they took up the course
in the first place.
Be it peer pressure or parenting demands, some of them do wish they could go
back and change their decision.
The saga between parents and students over the right career option seems to be never-ending
despite the growing number of counselling centres.
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