India – Only 25% graduates have employability skills

Voicing concern over lack of employability skills among graduates, Minister of State for HRD and External Affairs E Ahamed said that only 25 per cent of them are employable.

“Of late, employability of graduates coming out of our educational system is becoming a matter of great concern. I am told only 25 per cent of the general graduates across all streams have employable skills”, he said, addressing students of B S Abdur Rahman University on their “24th Graduation Day”.

Noting that only 35-40 per cent of engineering graduates are readily employable, Ahamed said, “this is a matter of great concern and needs to be addressed with all seriousness”.

via Only 25% graduates have employability skills: E Ahamed – The Economic Times.