India / Employability / The AMCAT – Aspiring Minds Computer Adaptive Testing

An oft-repeated grouse by the industry that only 25 per cent of the graduates are employable continues to be a niggling worry for institutions. Realising that it is essential to effectively measure the employability level of students to show the institutions where they stood to take remedial measures or improve, Aspiring Minds, an employability measurement firm, administers the AMCAT. It also introduced the National Employability Award in 2012.

The AMCAT – Aspiring Minds Computer Adaptive Testing – for engineering stream was administered to final-year students of 3,000 colleges across India. The top 10 per cent – 21 colleges – have qualified to receive the National Employability Award 2013 at the national level, and another top 10 per cent from each State – 24 colleges – have qualified to receive the award at the State levels.

“There are several value additions that they receive in their respective departments, and the 240-hour three-credit programme offered by the Directorate of Corporate and Industry Relations that trains them beyond academics. This effectively equips them to become employees or employers,”  says C. Parameswaran, Director, Directorate of Corporate and Industry Relations, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ettimadai.

T. Dheepan, Managing Trustee of Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, too says that special training modules to enhance the numerical and verbal skills of the students has placed their students in good stead.

“The AMCAT is different in that it does not restrict itself to limited parameters. It tests the students on technical aspects, general knowledge, verbal skills and also the speech output. Companies are recognising the AMCAT score as a benchmark for selecting students during placements,” he says.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor

via Test benchmarks students for employability – The Hindu.

Related Link

 AMCAT – Freshers Job Employability Assessment Test in India.