47% graduates in India unemployable for any job: Report

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New Delhi: India churns out tens of thousands of graduates each year but less than half of them are "employable" or possess the basic skills necessary for any industry role, says a report.

According to a report by Aspiring Minds, an employability solutions company, around 47 percent graduates In India are unemployable for any job.

The report, which is claimed to be the first ever national audit of employability of 3-year Bachelor's degree graduates, drew inferences from data of over 60,000 graduates pan-India, based on Aspiring Minds Computer Adaptive Test (AMCAT).

"The alarming statistics of nearly half of the country's graduates not being employable in the knowledge economy needs great attention with interventions at both the school and higher education levels," Aspiring Minds co-founder and CTO Varun Aggarwal said.

The employability of graduates varies from 2.59 percent in functional roles such as accounting, to 15.88 percent in sales related roles and 21.37 percent for roles in the business process outsourcing (BPO/ITeS) sector.

A significant proportion of graduates, nearly 47 percent, were found not employable in any sector, given their insufficient English language and cognitive skills.

The report noted that since a graduation degree is considered a pathway to a job in the knowledge economy, substantive intervention at school and college level is needed to improve basic skills of students.

Moreover, a renewed focus on vocational training is timely now and should be re-emphasised.
Employability varies from role to role based on varying degrees of proficiency required in language and cognitive skills.

For an analyst role, close to 84 percent of graduates were found to lack the right levels in cognitive ability, the report said. Significant majority 90 percent graduates of those surveyed did not have required proficiency in English communication.

Interestingly, over 40 percent employable graduates are not from the top 30 percent colleges and have no way to signal their employability to potential recruiters.

As much as 41 percent of graduates employable in accounting roles hail from colleges beyond the top 30 percent colleges, whereas for the IT services sector this percentage is 36 percent, it said.

47% graduates in India unemployable for any job: Report

WTF!!!

 

[SirHatesALot]

Yeh kya ho gaya

 

[third eye]

No surprising at all.

I'd go further to add that close to 25 % of those who do an MBA are also unfit for employment.

What one sees during interviews is shocking , they cannot draft a basic mail & have zero knowledge or skills. They are being mass produced by a system of private universities who themselves lack the basics to educate.

Its sad to see MBA's & Engineers settle for entry level jobs @ 8000 - 12000. But thats what they are worth.

 

[Quibbler]

very true ... i have one such relative .....this is thanks to the sudden mushroom of roadside engineering colleges in rural areas and semi urban towns with abysmal students and quality of education . although i feel the number has been inflated ansd would the number about 25 pc

 

[Cherokee]

Tells a Lot about Quality of Education outside "Creamy Layer" .

 

[T90TankGuy]

The fact it that when the join a corporate they need certain skills sets. most cant talk the English language well or even draft mails. Their thought process does not let them think out of the box which is necessary to survive.
The rural collages do not produce good graduates. They need to be trained , that itself means an investment of about a year to a year and a half by the company they join . Most companies do not take such people cuz the tend to loose them to other in a matter of few years.