Consider this. I am from India. 9 years ago,when I applied for admission for graduation studies in Computer Science and other engineering subjects, there were 20,000 applicants for about a hundred seats. Out of these 100 odd seats, about 20-25 were for computer science
majors. So what happens to those 75-80 folks who don't get those computer sc. seats? Well, a large part of these are folks who would have liked to do a computer science major, but are now "forced" to go for other majors. Going through this major is basically a formality, for after the fours years, they are in the job market for the software jobs.
The real sufferers are the other disciplines, who spend time teaching students who are not interested. And those students who were, well... they get disillusioned after four years after comparing their job opportunities with that of the software guys....
So guess what happens?
I am sure things are not that bad in other countries, but in a country of a billion people, with a good graduation a must for social and economic acceptability, I guess this had to happen.
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Consider this. I am from India. 9 years ago,when I applied for admission for graduation studies in Computer Science and other engineering subjects, there were 20,000 applicants for about a hundred seats. Out of these 100 odd seats, about 20-25 were for computer science ... they get disillusioned after four years after comparing their job opportunities with that of the software guys....
majors. So what happens to those 75-80 folks who don't get those computer sc. seats? Well, a large part of these are folks who would have liked to do a computer science major, but are now "forced" to go for other majors. Going through this major is basically a formality, for after the fours years, they are in the job market for the software jobs.
The real sufferers are the other disciplines, who spend time teaching students who are not interested. And those students who were, well
So guess what happens?
I am sure things are not that bad in other countries, but in a country of a billion people, with a good graduation a must for social and economic acceptability, I guess this had to happen.