Worthless Degrees Are Creating an Unemployable Generation in India

I would call this an example of lazy journalism at best.

India is a subcontinent. Not just in geography, but also in its systems. You will find a wide variety in the developmental stage each state is in - almost like different countries of a continent. The southern states (esp Tamil Nadu) went through this phase of engineering colleges mushrooming a decade or two ago which led to very similar situations. Now some of the colleges can’t find a single student to join their courses and are being shuttered.

It didn’t create an unemployable generation. It caused an expansion in accessibility causing a surge in quantity and then caused a contraction as emphasis shifted to quality. The same is happening in the northern states now which have lagging indicators of education compared to the southern ones.

States which have underinvested in education are now waking up to difference in outcomes and are trying to play catch up. The New Education Policy that the article mentions while sets benchmarks for education that are aspirational for some states, for some it’s actually a step down from their current state or trajectory. A cursory search about would it show it has a its own set of controversies because of that. This is again due to the vastness of the country. Trying to fit a single solution always is suboptimal.

It's not just India.

The EdTech trash that's challenging them is even more predatory and awful.

There's also very little focus on actual learning. Everything seems to be oriented around landing a job.

Indians only need Co-pilot

And employment numbers are at an all time high. Just came back from Bangalore

Trump university style universities can show up anywhere. And the market for such universities is large in India.

Apple's corporatopian banking services expansion should hoover-up these unimaginative conventional bureaucrats as a cost of doing business and widening the userbase of passively entertained couch potatoes.