END OF THE ENGINEERING ERA?

With just days to go before the counseling comes to an end, things are not looking so good for the Engineering Colleges. The total engineering seats in Tamil Nadu comes close to 2, 50,000 of which 1, 52,979 were called for counseling but 45, 758 did not turn up.

If this doesn't impress you, here’s something else. 63% of seats in IT and 59% in CS still remain vacant. There are two sets of explanation for this scenario.

Explanation 1: Students with low marks have started to prefer courses other than Engineering.

Explanation 2: The recession of 2008 and the recent Euro Crisis have made the parents rethink about their child’s future in engineering.

Whenever I see pedestrians crossing the road during the peak traffic hours, I fully agree with Darwin’s theory of Evolution (We are indeed descendants of apes). But along the line of evolution we picked some traits from cattle, we are always comfortable with flocks rather than moving alone.

This attitude is especially evident when a student decides their future. He/She doesn’t think about what they are good at; they rather look around to see what people do and become copycats. This is not healthy for the student nor is it for the world of Engineering.

But finally people have started to think straight, evident from the trend of counseling this year. But it is just a matter of time before people start following another stream of education like they did for engineering.

The solution rests solely in the hands of the Student. Don’t choose engineering because someone wants you to, Don’t choose engineering because your buddy does, rather choose engineering if and only if your heart and soul lies within it.

If this golden rule is not followed, I am afraid the 48 months of Engineering is indeed a good waste of time and hard earned money.