Nearly 1.5 million engineers from over 4,000 science and engineering colleges pass out every year in India and yet the ⅔ of them find it hard to get a job in the core field. The reason for the unemployability factor seems to be the outdated school and college education which shapes the student’s learning curve. Maker Bhavan Foundation (MBF) is making efforts to avert the looming skill crisis and modernising the STEM education in the country’s Institutes of Higher Education. Mohammed Rayees ur Rahim of Sakshi Post caught up with Damayanti Bhattacharya, CEO & Founder, Maker Bhavan Foundation to know more about its plans to democratise STEM education in India and how it is enabling engineering students to become lifelong learners.
1) Where does India stand in terms of STEM education?
India is the third largest education system in the world with over 4,000 science and…