Graduate course of choice: BSc pips BE
Hemali.Chhapia@timesgroup.com 18.03.2018
Mumbai: Engineering seems to have lost its sheen, science courses have re-emerged as the second most popular undergraduate stream in the country. Arts always was the biggest draw and the trend persists.
While 97.3 lakh students joined BA across the country in 2016-17, 47.3 lakh chose BSc courses and 41.6 lakh took up engineering, data from the Union HRD ministry show.
Thanks to growing diversification with BSc courses in branches such as computers, electronics and pharma, science is no more a plain-vanilla option.
And an engineering degree is valued only if the student has passed out of a reputed institution.
“Getting into a bad college and the ramifications of that are obvious. We now often see an engineer competing for the same job as a BA or a BCom graduate,” said Prakash Gopalan, director, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology.
SCIENCE EFFECT: Nearly 47.3 lakh students chose BSc in 2016-17, says HRD ministry data
Data: Science admissions picking up, engg on decline
“Programmes are closing down and so are colleges. Piece all this and it speaks about the engineering education scenario. The word is quality. In times to come this trend may get pronounced if quality is not upped,” added Prakash Gopalan, director, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology.
Choices exercised by undergrad applicants have changed dramatically in the past half-a-decade. Till about five years ago, commerce was a distant second to arts while science and engineering vied for third spot. In 2013, BA courses had 75.1 lakh students, followed by commerce, which saw an enrolment of 28.9 lakh students. B Tech had 17.9 lakh; BE 16.4 lakh candidates and BSc 25.4 lakh students, as per the HRD ministry data.
Then suddenly, commerce lost its appeal and was relegated to the fourth spot. In 2015, engineering was the secondmost popular course as the IT sector continued to account for mass recruitments. The emergence and popularity of engineering saw this professional stream become a broadbased course like BA, BCom and BSc.
In fact, as an expert said, even those aspiring to do business or a course like an MBA started signing up for engineering given the design of entrance exams for B-schools.
But now the proliferation of second-rate colleges has acted as a spoiler. Data from 2015-16 and 2016-17 shows science admissions are picking up while placements in engineering are dipping.
Hemali.Chhapia@timesgroup.com 18.03.2018
Mumbai: Engineering seems to have lost its sheen, science courses have re-emerged as the second most popular undergraduate stream in the country. Arts always was the biggest draw and the trend persists.
While 97.3 lakh students joined BA across the country in 2016-17, 47.3 lakh chose BSc courses and 41.6 lakh took up engineering, data from the Union HRD ministry show.
Thanks to growing diversification with BSc courses in branches such as computers, electronics and pharma, science is no more a plain-vanilla option.
And an engineering degree is valued only if the student has passed out of a reputed institution.
“Getting into a bad college and the ramifications of that are obvious. We now often see an engineer competing for the same job as a BA or a BCom graduate,” said Prakash Gopalan, director, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology.
SCIENCE EFFECT: Nearly 47.3 lakh students chose BSc in 2016-17, says HRD ministry data
Data: Science admissions picking up, engg on decline
“Programmes are closing down and so are colleges. Piece all this and it speaks about the engineering education scenario. The word is quality. In times to come this trend may get pronounced if quality is not upped,” added Prakash Gopalan, director, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology.
Choices exercised by undergrad applicants have changed dramatically in the past half-a-decade. Till about five years ago, commerce was a distant second to arts while science and engineering vied for third spot. In 2013, BA courses had 75.1 lakh students, followed by commerce, which saw an enrolment of 28.9 lakh students. B Tech had 17.9 lakh; BE 16.4 lakh candidates and BSc 25.4 lakh students, as per the HRD ministry data.
Then suddenly, commerce lost its appeal and was relegated to the fourth spot. In 2015, engineering was the secondmost popular course as the IT sector continued to account for mass recruitments. The emergence and popularity of engineering saw this professional stream become a broadbased course like BA, BCom and BSc.
In fact, as an expert said, even those aspiring to do business or a course like an MBA started signing up for engineering given the design of entrance exams for B-schools.
But now the proliferation of second-rate colleges has acted as a spoiler. Data from 2015-16 and 2016-17 shows science admissions are picking up while placements in engineering are dipping.
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