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The interest of youth towards M.Tech in engineering sector in the country is decreasing to a great extent. A report has revealed that two out of every three seats are going vacant in most of the engineering colleges of the country. According to the recent report of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), a large portion of M.Tech seats are lying vacant in engineering colleges across the country. This situation continues even when the total postgraduate seats were reduced by one-third after 2017-18. In such a situation, let us tell you why this decline is happening and what is the reason that the inclination of students is increasing towards M.Tech.
These are the main reasons
According to data released by the council, the number of students taking admission in M.Tech has dropped to 45,000 in the last two academic years, its lowest level in seven years. This number is in complete contrast to the increase in B.Tech enrollments. Experts believe that there are several reasons behind this, including no value addition from an M.Tech degree, mismatch between the curriculum and industry requirements, and no significant benefits in terms of salary. Due to these reasons, the inclination of students is increasing towards other options instead of M.Tech.
64 percent seats not filled in M.Tech admission
64% of MTech seats remain vacant across the country. Seven years ago, out of 1.85 lakh postgraduate engineering and technology seats, only 68,677 seats were filled, leaving 63% vacant. In 2023-24, although the number of MTech seats has reduced to 1.24 lakh, the vacancy rate has increased to 64%, with only 45,047 students pursuing this degree. The number of students taking admission in M.Tech has been the lowest in the last two academic years. Only 44,303 students were enrolled in 2022-23, leaving 66% seats vacant. This number has increased marginally to 45,047 in 2023-24.
This is why the craze for MTech is decreasing
According to media reports regarding the decreasing interest of students towards M.Tech, AICTE Member Secretary Rajeev Kumar said that students have not shown much interest in postgraduate studies, which is a matter of concern. He says that there is not much difference between the salary that students get after completing B.Tech and the salary they get after M.Tech., due to which students are not getting motivated to move towards post-graduation. He also said that only those students who are interested in making a career in the education sector think of taking MTech course, whereas most of the students want to start their career in the working sector, and hence they do not want to do post graduation.
This is also the reason given
This is also an important reason why the craze for MTech is decreasing. According to media reports, former AICTE chairman SS Mantha said that now graduate students are choosing management as a postgraduate degree instead of core engineering areas, as management education has changed with time, which provides them better career opportunities. Are.
At the same time, V. Ramgopal Rao, former director of IIT Delhi and group vice-chancellor of BITS Pilani, pointed out that Tier 1 institutes like IITs are able to fill MTech seats, but still many students look for jobs in public sector undertakings after MTech. Especially when they get a job opportunity through GATE score. Due to this, the number of M.Tech seats is not being filled and students are avoiding taking admission in postgraduate.
