As we can see that the engineering field has expanded even more than everything else in due course during the growth of the tech industry. In the past thirty years, engineering is the fastest expansion in any segment of India’s higher education market, as in the research paper stated by Anirudh Krishna. India’s growing economy has opened up numerous prospects for higher-earning jobs. The developmental aspirations of students in the career paths of engineering are influenced by individual (personal), experiential and structural influences such as learning environments, self-efficacy and perceptions of outcomes, desires, challenges and supports, and even policies.
Here are the key barriers to access engineering education in India :
1. Caste and Gender:
Socially or economically disadvantaged sections of society find it difficult to gain admission to engineering institutes throughout the world, mainly in those institutes that are privately funded and do not accept students based on caste or gender quotas.
Poor and rural men and women are disproportionately represented in engineering institutes. The women who make it into such institutes are descendants of metropolitan professionals and fairly well trained parents, by and wide.
2. Learning in English
Without studying English as a first language or as an instructional tool, or even as a second language, a person can find a position in any of the engineering institutes highly unlikely.In order to master knowledge & skills in engineering better, engineering students should possess the English language skills. The majority of the world’s science papers or journals are written in English. Most of the graphs on engineering are also marked in English.
Growing up in rural areas also presents an additional drawback, low-quality schooling and job knowledge are followed by a much lower penetration of English.
3. Lack of primary and secondary level school education
Being extremely smart isn’t enough. To get into a good engineering college the person needs to be trained & skills need to be sharpened.
It’s really hard to find a spot in any successful engineering institute without a proper knowledge base. Zero confidence due to communication skills and lack of proper information can in the long run demotivate somebody
4. High fee of coaching institute
To be admitted to a good college in order to pursue a career in engineering, students must qualify for examinations such as jee advanced, jee mains, etc. The coaching institute’s training course for these exams is too costly to afford in India, the school never trains a student for these exams because many of the students are unable to join a good engineering college.
5. Relative disincentives
The unequal distribution of educational services in developed countries means that students in rural areas have different exposure to quality education than in urban areas. The Government School pays no fees at the primary level. Fees in government schools at a higher level are significantly smaller than those of most private schools. Therefore children from fairly poor households are more likely to go to government schools. The teaching level in the rural area is not adequate to compare individually with students in the urban area.
6. Gap between Rural and Urban Areas:
Impoverished-quality training in rural areas coupled with a shortage of data tools (career-advice providers, guides, and mentors) keeps many competent and devoted individuals off. A few rural people who have in any case received assurance from engineering colleges have almost benefited from a chance outsider’s intervention — a relative, an uncle, a family friend, etc.
7.Parents Occupation and Education:
Educated parents play a more active role in the education of the children.At schools these students perform higher, gaining more experience and outdoing their peers.Trained parents & their network serve as a significant source of career knowledge & therapy.Families, where parents are less educated, lack the requisite atmosphere for competitive examinations and people are unaware of opportunities outside.Those with access to people with experience are at an advantage, and those with less experienced people in the social networks are handicapped.
