Source: The Indian Express
Only 40 per cent of engineering graduates got placements after passing out of college, Union Human Resource Development minister Prakash Javadekar said during the question hour at Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
The minister added that AICTE has decided to introduce summer internships for at least 75 per cent of the students to improve the placement rate and to introduce updated model curriculum.
According to the latest study of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), only 40 per cent of the engineering students are employable.
The minister added that government has set up a target of making at least 60 per cent of engineering graduates in the country employable in the next five years.
About 6,300 institutions have given the feedback which was being analysed, while hundreds colleges have not submitted the required details. Those colleges, which failed to submit the details, will get notices asking why action should not be taken against them, the HRD minister further added.