Skilled Manpower Shortage in India

Hello everyone,

Let's face it we inherited our modern systems from the British who were interested mainly in ruling the country efficiently and make wealth for their home country, Britain. So our educational system, in Western model, was designed by the British rulers to create a legion of 'babus' - essentially clerks - who would assist the Brits in effectively administering this country. The Brits were not interested in our ingenuity, creativity or sense of enquiry. They were not particularly interested in developing a scientific temper in their Indian subjects because all technology was profitably imported from Britain. It made sense for the Brits to make us literate but not necessarily well educated and enlightened. For genuine education one had to cross the seas and seek enlightenment in some English school and university. No wonder most of our Indian intellectuals in the 19th and 20th century were 'English Educated' from abroad.

Unfortunately, after Independence, we continued with the same education system we had inherited. Our system lays over emphasis on cramming theory; practical application is very much given the short shrift. Think of what happens to a child in school, if he or she is fortunate enough to be in one; from an early age we are taught to learn by rote, we are discouraged to ask questions lest we embarrass the class teacher! Our education systematically kills our curiosity and creativity. We are forced to learn a whole lot of outdated rubbish which has very little practical value only because it is in our syllabus.

Having studied in one of India's premier institutes - IIT - I can tell the difference a good education does. Our schools and colleges worships mediocrity. Who is to blame? Our educators - they are fossils from another era. They are more interested in perpetuating the old system to preserve their august position. How many of them open the windows of their mind to see where the rest of the world headed?

After Independence we did start some world-class educational institutes such as the IITs and IIMs which recognised and rewarded merit (and not how much money you can fork out to enter to these hallowed portals) but short-sighted politics has started dumbing-down the standards to a lower common denominator level.

It is the native intelligence of Indian students that is our saving grace. We are an innately intelligent people compared to many and therefore, it is no wonder that we thrive when we find a place where our talent is recognised and encouraged to flourish.

We will continue to churn out 'unemployable' educated people and bemoan the lack of skilled manpower till we sweep out the antiquated education system of ours. Countries that allow young people to question the status quo and find a better way tomorrow obviously progress.

To unleash the tremendous potential young Indians possess we need to forthwith update our education system and get rid of those who are comfortably enjoying their lofty sinecure as framers of our education policy. That will change our fossilised institutions and allow bright talent to shine. That will change the managers who run our industries by making them more creative and less servile to the past. That will change India.

I obey with you. Really skilled manpower shortage in India due to less knowledge in practical things. Just think once on rural areas without any training some people create wonders in technology who told them to how to do it, no one. They put their theoretical knowledge into practical things. Thus why they did it right. So, in our education system stress is high that's what the problem to think freely, whenever that stress is goes on then our education system trained skilled manpower. Then we escape from shortage of skilled manpower.

I totally disagree with this point. Our country is fulfilled with Skilled persons but there is no platform available to show their skills and knowledge. And another most important issue is skilled persons are migrating towards foreign countries because the government doesn't care about their skill.

I agree with this fact that although India has no dearth of manpower but it is largely unskilled. It is due to our education system which focuses on rote learning and passing exams. There is lack of practical training and skills needed to get a job. This point has proved by various studies that about only one-fourth engineering graduates are capable of jobs. This trend will only break when there will be application based learning.

For me the main reason behind that education. There is no proper system in rural areas. The government doesn't take GD initiative for Govt school they give the students for a laptop, but they don't take a program how they use them, how the student can in hence the skill. I think that government should make a policy for long turn four in hence the skills.

It's really a fantastic discussion point. If we talk on about SHORTAGE OF SKILLED MANPOWER in India. Actually, I agreed of this point because the factual picture I saw. There is a huge scarcity of practical knowledge in engineering colleges and others institute have it also. Totally it goes to our government who give them iso certificate proves that you are able to open institute But our governments never come to see the environment of education. Skilled manpower should be increased, it's so simple to step if it took seriously by the government.

# stop to give permission for open less facility of colleges.

# innovative projects should be permitted.

# In every college must be allowed each day 2 hrs practical knowledge,

# As we know that IIT college's start lot of society like painting, debate, GD, photography, etc like that All private colleges must have opened.

If we take an example of Indian person who defacto did top notch work in India and out of also. Robustness education will be made better manpower skilled.

Hii friends, we all know that India have huge talented hard working and youth man power as compared to other countries but I think that these Indian youths don't get proper opportunities and moral support to prove themself and to improve there skills so they prefer to migrate to foreign countries where they get recognition and best opportunities to flourish themself and to increase there skills.

Besides these foreign countries provide proper platform to talented youths to showcase there skills and they value those skills and not only that they constantly motivate there citizens and help them in all possible ways.

So I think we all Indian citizens should get united and we should be made aware about the importance to be skilled and should support each other to develop our skills.

Indian government should provide best possible competitions and opportunities to skilled manpower and should concentrate more on practical approaches then theoretical one.

My name is Arun. All of you come up with good points, but along with that, I want to add and everyone should realize that the main reason for the shortage of skilled labour was not UN EMPLOYMENT it was due to the UN EMPLOYABILITY of them.

This statement is vague because nowadays people are well educated and skilled but the opportunities for them is less in comparison to other countries which push them to move to other countries and work for their livelihood. More and more vacancies should open for the skilled manpower so that the flow of manpower to other countries can stop and India can prosper more with the intelligent minds.

Hi friends,

In my point of view, our country is one of the youngest country in the world because of large population. But our talents are not utilized by our country so they are moving to the foreign countries.

So India should encourage our talents for development of country.