Universities, please improve

By knowledge or luck I secured good rank in AIEEE. I was eligible for NITs and hence started exploring them. Similar exploration was done when my brother secured good rank in IIT-JEE. During these explorations I discovered many unique things about education in few Indian Institutes. I do not remember the name of the institute but first time in my education carrier I saw an institute considering the differences in students.

They provide the option to choose some of your subjects for engineering. Nothing great, even we have elective subject option (though only in final year) in Mumbai University. But the uniqueness was in the grading system. Even we know that all subjects are not of same importance. But our university is blind about it. Even for Computer students Data Structures is of same importance as Electrical Networks. Please can anyone prove this logic????

I found few things which should be included in all universities :

• You can’t just choose few subjects that you would like to study but also decide importance of those subjects. Even I realized it after entering in engineering that even if you could master one subject you could create your carrier in it. Say for example even if you know only web designing you could not only earn your living but you could even start a good business.


• You could study few extra subjects from other branches other than your normal subjects. This will fetch you a MINOR degree of that branch other than a MAJOR of your branch. This could be utilized by students who find that they are interested even in another branch. Above all it is optional and could be utilized only in case you want it.

Seeing such options I really think our university should improve. These are not in-practical things. Nor are you required to present policy in parliament as such options are already present in India. You just need to feel your responsibilities and act for the students. Do not consider us just another bulk of students enrolled to pass engineering. We are here to improve our future. We are here not just for degree but also for knowledge.

So, my dear universities please stop playing with our career and improve. If you cannot give competition to IITs and NITs, try to reach their level (in policies atleast).