The views expressed below are 100 per cent true and as such fully endorsed.
floriano
GRA/GRSP
PS: It is another matter altogether that the author is the ex-Gen Secretary
of the Party and the Party's candidate for Aldona Assembly Elections 2002.
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerald Fernandes
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Re : Don Bosco Engg College: (Naguesh Bhatkar)
Naguesh,
With utmost respect to the number of seats and statistics cited by you , I
submit it is not QUANTITY but QUALITY that matters . During my professional
experience as a Human Resource professional in Industry,in Maharashtra, Goa
and Himachal Pradesh, I have been most surprised by the quality of aspirants
for jobs in our State of Goa. I have in interviews been surprised(shocked?)
by graduates in Commerce not being to explain the difference between a
Partnership Firm and a Limited Company, by graduates in Mechanical Engg. not
being able to explain the Carnots cycle and by graduates in Organic
Chemistry not being able to give the chemical formula for Alcohol!
A number of educationists are on record that "there is a mismatch between
skills in Goa". The Confederation of Indian Industry claims that there are
not sufficiently adept young professionals to hire in industry and that is
one of the causese for hesitating to set up shop in Goa. They are crying
themselves hoarse that the German "Sandwich" pattern is to be preferred by
Institutions to make students more industry-ready. The shortage of suitable
young professionals in Goa has also led to the quaint phenomenon of Goa
having to source its Engineers and Chemists from neighbouring Maharashtra
and Karnataka. Having served as Head of Human Resources for Companies in Goa
for over decades in sectors ranging from Hotels, Engineering,
Pharmaceuticals and Entertainment I am a wee bit knowledgeable about the
gripes and ground situation faced by these industries. Also a number of
seats in the professions referred to by you and the Institutions providing
such
education go to students from outside Goa---as far as students from
Arunachal Pradesh. GOA HAS NO UNEMPLOYMENT.THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
IN GOA MAKES STUDENTS UNEMPLOYABLE.
CHANGE IS NECCESSARY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
Regards,
Gerry
