Renowed mock interviewer and motivational speaker who goes by his mentor-brand name Vijender Masijeevi has strongly opined on the importance of skills with respect to degrees in today’s era. The prominent personality whose real name is Vijender Singh Chauhan, has urged youngsters to train in some needed skills also rather than solely focussing on acquiring the degrees.

Why B.Tech is Overhyped as per Vijender Singh Chauhan?

The mock interviewer highlighted in his latest video of series “Please Sit down” that the degree of B.Tech held immense value when he was going up and now has lost its sheen due to over supply of B.Tech over the years primarily due to “low quality colleges” which have sprung in large numbers in the recent years.

Vijender opined that India is producing record “Graduate Berozgar (unemployed graduates)” due to un-employability of the students.

He also highlighted how companies are more inclined on hiring candidates who have acquired relevant skills and certificates along with their core degrees.

More Fees and Lesser Education

The average fees for graduation in almost every discipline has seen a sharp rise over the decade. Forget about the quality of education remaining stable, it has actually dramatically dropped down due to many reasons. An eco-system has become normalized where teachers are hired on the basis of their low-income rather than their knowledge and expertise in a particular field.

Students are not motivated enough to attend the classes, let alone gather experience from practical training and the colleges are devising new mechanism to mint money from the students.

Conclusion

While Indian education may have the likes of IITs and IIMs, which too are struggling to yield a decent placement offer for the majority of its students, most of our students are graduating from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities which do not have colleges as per level which is needed. There is enough evidence that prominent companies in India are now focussing more on skills rather than degrees. May be its time for Indian parents to push their children in acquiring relevant skills rather than wasting a lot of money on a degree.