Engineering education or only degree?

It is really painful to find most of the opinions in this write-up to be true. Engineering has lost its earlier charm, and very few engineering students exhibit a passion for their studies.  Curiously enough, some of the present-day engineering colleges have excellent infrastructure—and only a few colleges can boast of good faculty. The impact of modern technology—mobile phones, high-speed motor bikes, personal computers with Internet connection to access social networking services—have been keeping the students away from studying serious textbooks.  The ubiquitous All-in-One offers shortcut methods, and comes to their rescue just to secure good marks in the examination.  The classroom, teacher, textbook, and library have become old fashioned approaches— our movies reinforce these false notions ad nauseum. This change seems to be irreversible. Fortunately there are still a small number of students who take their studies on the campus in right earnest and excel in their career and life!

from:  Suryaprakash Rao Mothiki

Posted on: Jul 27, 2012 at 20:10 IST
 

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Engineering education or only degree?