Educated Unemployment Crisis

The world of today has a staggering population of over 7 billion people. There are 7 billion minds, waiting to acquire knowledge and learn about the world. Education has almost become a necessity; it’s become a fundamental right. People are getting educated, they are gaining knowledge, so what is the dilemma? Unemployment. People cannot find jobs; they cannot take care of their families, given that they are educated even with at least a Bachelor’s degree. This has lead to massive wastage of human resource, and has stopped the Indian economy from reaching it’s true potential. If we take the example of India, which has the booming IT industry of the world, the world practically imports the best IT graduates from India, and they are put up at the highest posts in billion dollar companies. This is the reason why most people in India are inclined to do engineering as a career, even if their dream is to be something else. They have parental pressures towards become an engineer, and sometimes that leads them into the wrong way. And so, many people are left unemployed educated people, millions of Indians holding a Bachelor’s in Technology, going to an average college, still cannot get jobs because of enormous concentration of people in the IT industry.

Many engineers’ lives go wasted in this process, they cannot do what they wanted to. There are so many fields of work to explore in today’s materialistic world; IT is not always the answer. There is a formula us Indians supposedly devised, if it’s a boy, then engineer, if it’s a girl, doctor. You are scarred for life, and expected to do engineering as you grow up. Being educated just doesn’t mean that you have a degree, it means you should know how to take smart decisions at the right times, education not only instills in us knowledge but the power of moral value and we understand life better. If Sachin Tendulkar had become an engineer, would he have been world famous? He followed his heart and pursued the passion of cricket, and became one of the best. There are many other classic examples such as Vishwanathan Anand, who have followed their dreams and achieved the best out of them. Education does not mean knowledge, it means understanding, analyzing and applying knowledge in your everyday life. Realize your goal and follow it, and one day you will become famous.

This article is written by Mr.Anvit Garg , a friend and well wisher.