Outdated topics can’t fetch jobs

Hyderabad: The general opinion on why

engineering

courses are losing their sheen is that

outdated

topics/courses taught in colleges are not enough to secure a job. Although internships are made mandatory by the AICTE, it is not being implemented strictly. When it comes to mini and main projects, students are buying instead of doing something on their own.

“Not just students, even colleges should be blamed as they are tying up with institutes and are encouraging students to buy projects,” said Praveen K, a faculty in computer science at a private engineering

college

. “Unless they do projects on their own, students will not have a command on the subject.” He said this is one of the reasons many are opting to study engineering outside the state.

In the meanwhile, for B Pharmacy,

seats

have increased by almost a lakh over past five years. Same is the case with BSc nursing as 2.8 lakh opted for the course in 2019-20 as against 1.9 lakh in 2015-16.