1.1 BACKGROUND
Employability skills can be defined as skills required by individuals to make them ‘employable’. Besides being good at technical understanding and subject knowledge, employees are often expected to have a set of special skills to carry out their roles to the best of their ability. Employability depends on knowledge, skills and attitudes and how those skills are effectively used for the growth of the organisation. Apart from that, employability skill is also crucial for career success at all levels of employment and education (Overtoom, 2000). Most employers seek graduates who are proactive and can use higher-level skills including synthesis, analysis, critique and multi-layered communication to facilitate innovative teamwork …show more content…
The skills with high factor loading are teamwork, entrepreneurship skills, self-motivation, reliability, self-discipline, ability to understand and take directions for work assignments, and the keenness to learn. This aspect is referred to as Core Employability Skills, as these skills are not related to any particular occupation, but would be beneficial for several occupations. The second aspect as per Blom and Saeki (2011) is crucially made up of skills that centre around engineering, of which the following are the skills with high loading; to recognise, prepare, and solve technical or engineering issues. They also include planning a system, element, or procedure to fulfil the needed desires, employ contemporary or suitable equipment, tools, and technologies and completely employ the knowledge of engineering, mathematics and science. They also state that a third factor mixes different types of skills, e.g. computer skills, cognitive skills and communication skills. The high loading skills in the third factor consists of written communication in English, designing and conducting experiments, analysing and interpreting data, and reading. Their study also shows that all communication skills fall in the third factor with relatively higher loadings. In addition, the Indian Government in 2008-2009 launched the National Skills Development Corporation (NSCDC), as part of the …show more content…
What function is enacted by English Language in the employability ofengineering students?
2. What specific mandatory skills are required for English teachers inEngineering Colleges?
3. What skill gaps need to be bridged for effective teaching of English?
1.5 CONFIDENTIALITY
The participation in this research study was voluntary. The participants had the choice not to participate. Their responses are confidential and identifying information was not collected such as names, email address or IP address. The results of this study were used for scholarly purposes only. Additionally, the responses were combined with those of many others and summarized in a report to further protect anonymity of the participants. CHAPTER - 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 EMPLOYABILITY OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS—CURRENT SCENARIO
The number of engineering colleges in India has been growing by 20% per year and more than 500,000 engineers graduate every year which is greater than USA, UK and Japan. Although the number of students enrolled increased 800 percent from 1998 to 2010, this quantitative increase has led to an average decline in the quality of the graduating
Employability skills can be defined as skills required by individuals to make them ‘employable’. Besides being good at technical understanding and subject knowledge, employees are often expected to have a set of special skills to carry out their roles to the best of their ability. Employability depends on knowledge, skills and attitudes and how those skills are effectively used for the growth of the organisation. Apart from that, employability skill is also crucial for career success at all levels of employment and education (Overtoom, 2000). Most employers seek graduates who are proactive and can use higher-level skills including synthesis, analysis, critique and multi-layered communication to facilitate innovative teamwork …show more content…
The skills with high factor loading are teamwork, entrepreneurship skills, self-motivation, reliability, self-discipline, ability to understand and take directions for work assignments, and the keenness to learn. This aspect is referred to as Core Employability Skills, as these skills are not related to any particular occupation, but would be beneficial for several occupations. The second aspect as per Blom and Saeki (2011) is crucially made up of skills that centre around engineering, of which the following are the skills with high loading; to recognise, prepare, and solve technical or engineering issues. They also include planning a system, element, or procedure to fulfil the needed desires, employ contemporary or suitable equipment, tools, and technologies and completely employ the knowledge of engineering, mathematics and science. They also state that a third factor mixes different types of skills, e.g. computer skills, cognitive skills and communication skills. The high loading skills in the third factor consists of written communication in English, designing and conducting experiments, analysing and interpreting data, and reading. Their study also shows that all communication skills fall in the third factor with relatively higher loadings. In addition, the Indian Government in 2008-2009 launched the National Skills Development Corporation (NSCDC), as part of the …show more content…
What function is enacted by English Language in the employability ofengineering students?
2. What specific mandatory skills are required for English teachers inEngineering Colleges?
3. What skill gaps need to be bridged for effective teaching of English?
1.5 CONFIDENTIALITY
The participation in this research study was voluntary. The participants had the choice not to participate. Their responses are confidential and identifying information was not collected such as names, email address or IP address. The results of this study were used for scholarly purposes only. Additionally, the responses were combined with those of many others and summarized in a report to further protect anonymity of the participants. CHAPTER - 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 EMPLOYABILITY OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS—CURRENT SCENARIO
The number of engineering colleges in India has been growing by 20% per year and more than 500,000 engineers graduate every year which is greater than USA, UK and Japan. Although the number of students enrolled increased 800 percent from 1998 to 2010, this quantitative increase has led to an average decline in the quality of the graduating