LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 8 August 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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From Theory to Praxis - A Study of the Syllabus of Communication Skills and Technical Seminar I (GE 1202) Anna University of Technology, Tirunelveli)

B.C. Anish Krishnan Nayar, M.A. (Eng.), M.A. (Ling.), M.Phil.

Current Preference for Technical Majors

Education has entered new avenues in this century. Even though every discipline has its own merits, technical education has gained a little bit more importance than other branches of higher education. Throughout the world, students prefer technical branches to other courses. In growing countries such as India, both the students and the parents rush towards technical education believing that employment and career opportunities are bright for engineering graduates. Due to this reason even students who are selected for medical college enrollment prefer to matriculate themselves in engineering colleges.

Ever Increasing Number of Engineering Colleges in South India

The southern States of India have more number of engineering colleges and technical institutions when compared to other parts of India. According to All India Council for Technical Education, this distribution is uneven.

Students do not find it difficult to secure admission to an engineering college. Abolition of entrance examination and introduction of supplementary examination have further eased the situation.

Tamil Nadu has more than four hundred institutions which offer technical courses at the under-graduate level. Apart from a few private/deemed Universities, all engineering colleges are regulated by Anna University. The University was re-structured in 2007 into separate institutions in-charge of Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchi, Madurai and Tirunelveli regions. This arrangement may not continue for long as the newly elected government in Tamilnadu has indicated that this arrangement will be changed soon.

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B.C. Anish Krishnan Nayar, M.A. (Eng.), M.A.(Ling.), M.Phil., PGDMTE., Ph.D. Scholar
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Scott Christian College (Autonomous)
Nagercoil 629003
Tamilnadu
India
anishkrishnannayar@gmail.com
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