Why Are Most Degree Holders Unemployed in India?

RMN Foundation Education Awareness Campaign: Why Are Most Degree Holders Unemployed in India?
RMN Foundation Education Awareness Campaign: Why Are Most Degree Holders Unemployed in India?

Update

As part of its ongoing education awareness campaign in Delhi, RMN Foundation has started presenting a street playचमेली की पढ़ाई – which highlights the problems in the current education system.

Click here to know more about the street play and the campaign.

चमेली की पढ़ाई
चमेली की पढ़ाई Street Play on School Education Presented by RMN Foundation

RMN Foundation – a not-for-profit organization – has launched a massive campaign in India’s capital New Delhi to spread the education awareness among students, parents, and teachers. As it is gaining momentum, you can participate and donate to support the campaign.

Students of RMN Foundation school explaining the benefits of modern alternative education to parents.
Students of RMN Foundation school explaining the benefits of modern alternative education to parents.

In the past 70 years of its independence, no government in India tried to create a strong education ecosystem in the country. As a result, hardly 5% of India’s 1.3 billion population is practically educated to handle those professional jobs where relevant education is required.

As most politicians in India are uneducated and bureaucrats do not possess sufficient domain expertise, the education standards have been deteriorating.

A government school in Delhi which is mere a building without proper education.
A government school in Delhi which is mere a building without proper education.

All governments have been increasing the number of school and college buildings without realizing the fact that these buildings are useless if there is no focus on human resource development.

Although India has a huge education network comprising 757 universities, over 38,000 colleges, and nearly 1.3 million schools that have 260 million children, the education system continues to be bad in all parts of India.

Students of RMN Foundation school explaining the benefits of modern alternative education to parents.
Students of RMN Foundation school explaining the benefits of modern alternative education to parents.

The new Draft National Education Policy of the Indian government has highlighted so many flaws in the existing education ecosystem of India that it appears educational institutions are mere stone buildings where no education is happening.

After reading the government document which underlines the poor quality of teachers and teaching methods at all levels, all wise parents would wonder why they are sending their children to schools, colleges, and universities.

RMN Foundation founder and school teacher Rakesh Raman explaining the benefits of modern alternative education to parents.
RMN Foundation founder and school teacher Rakesh Raman explaining the benefits of modern alternative education to parents.

Most teachers – particularly in schools – are not trained to teach any subject and they are clueless about the job market requirements. The situation is equally bad in government as well as private schools.

Teachers have become a burden on the education system. Consequently, crimes and corruption are increasing in schools.

Students of a government school in Delhi cross high walls and barbed wires to abscond from the school. Teachers have no control on students.
Students of a government school in Delhi cross high walls and barbed wires to abscond from the school. Teachers have no control on students.

Today there is a wide mismatch between the education being provided to students in India and the skills requirement in the contemporary job market. As a result, degree holders do not get jobs and employers do not get skilled people.

Multiple research reports suggest that degrees and diplomas that students get after completing their education have no value in the job market. Such students fail to get any job and they are joining the herds of unemployed youth in the country.

RMN Foundation Education Awareness Campaign: Why Are Most Degree Holders Unemployed in India?
RMN Foundation Education Awareness Campaign: Why Are Most Degree Holders Unemployed in India?

It is difficult for graduates, postgraduates, and even Ph.D. degree holders to get even a peon’s job in India.

The employment situation and education systems are equally bad in all parts of the country. It is reflected in the worsening Human Development Index (HDI) of India.

Published by the United Nations Development Programme, HDI indicates the level of skills in a country and lets you know if people in that country are able to achieve their goals. Unfortunately, India falls at No. 131 in the global list of countries ranked on the basis of their HDI.

Students of RMN Foundation school explaining the benefits of modern alternative education to parents.
Students of RMN Foundation school explaining the benefits of modern alternative education to parents.

That means, despite all the loud claims by the Indian governments about the education standards in the country, the education in India is not producing skilled workforce. The so-called educated people in India are not employable in any modern field. Worse, most of them are not even trainable.

RMN Foundation Education Awareness Campaign: Why Are Most Degree Holders Unemployed in India?
RMN Foundation Education Awareness Campaign: Why Are Most Degree Holders Unemployed in India?

The politicians cry that the young people will bring a better future for India. However, in the absence of the right education and employment for them, the young people of India are like time bombs which will explode to bring disaster for the country.

RMN Foundation Education Awareness Campaign: Why Are Most Degree Holders Unemployed in India?
RMN Foundation Education Awareness Campaign: Why Are Most Degree Holders Unemployed in India?

RMN Foundation has developed a modern education system under the name “Constructive Education Framework” for Indian schools. This system is currently being used in the RMN Foundation schools.

RMN Foundation Education Awareness Campaign: Why Are Most Degree Holders Unemployed in India?
RMN Foundation Education Awareness Campaign: Why Are Most Degree Holders Unemployed in India?

Recently, the Foundation – which runs free school to provide Modern Alternative Education to deserving children – also introduced a ‘Learn to Earn’ (कमाई के लिए पढ़ाई) program.

RMN Foundation Education Awareness Campaign: Why Are Most Degree Holders Unemployed in India?
RMN Foundation Education Awareness Campaign: Why Are Most Degree Holders Unemployed in India?

The activities of RMN Foundation are being run single-handedly by RMN Foundation founder Rakesh Raman, who is a government’s National award-winning journalist and social activist.

RMN Foundation founder and school teacher Rakesh Raman distributing pamphlets that explain the benefits of modern alternative education.
RMN Foundation founder and school teacher Rakesh Raman distributing pamphlets that explain the benefits of modern alternative education.

Earlier, Rakesh was associated with the United Nations (UN) through United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as a digital media expert to help businesses use technology for brand marketing and business development.

RMN Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that offers free modern education to deserving children. It is an educational and public charitable Trust registered with the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi at New Delhi, India. Website: www.rmnfoundation.org

Photos: RMN Foundation

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