SALALAH, Jan 13 - Representatives of some major private higher education institutions taking part in the Indian Education Interaction Meet 2018 advised students to keep their Plan B ready while pursuing their career after Class XII, as opportunities are limited not only to medical and engineering streams. They were in Salalah on Friday and Saturday to showcase their wide range of courses ranging from medicine to engineering, commerce, humanities and applied sciences. They put emphasis on Plan B keeping in mind that most of the enquiries coming from the students were either for traditional medicine or engineering courses.
Diana Britro, Deputy Director of International Admissions at Manipal University of Higher Education, put emphasis on the idea of Plan B sand said: “So many students appear for common medical admission test called NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) and Joint Entrance Examination tests for engineering courses. Many students lag behind just for marks. Such students should not be disappointed as there are many good courses available in applied health courses and they are equally rewarding in terms of career.”
Ganesh G Manager Corporate and Public Relations at Acharya Institutes, also admitted similar trend among Indian students in Oman but reiterated the fact that there is much beyond these courses.
He suggested to have broad approach while doing graduation, as with a little more effort the students can qualify for professional courses, which can promise them better jobs or even they can think of setting up their own enterprises.
Nitte University representative Kushalata M spoke about the high standards of medicine and engineering courses being taught at Nitte and admitted that the flagship courses of the university were medicine and technical courses.
She, however, admitted that today children have lots of opportunities to explore.
She called the students to remain focused, don’t get carried away with peer pressure and take informed decisions based on suggestions from career experts.
Patiala-based Thapar Institute is mainly into technical education.
Dr S S Bhatia, Dean Academic Affairs of the institute, claimed to have 61 years of excellence of the institute and exhorted the students to take advantage of wide range of courses available with the institute. “The courses which are great in demand in our institution are computer engineering, mechanical as well as electronics and communication.”
Dr Ram K Sharma, Associate Dean Academic Affairs (UG) and Students’ Welfare at Shiv Nader University, said that opportunities were plenty for this generation of students. “Now it does matter that how you are doing instead of what you are doing.” He put emphasis on quality over quantity and advised the students to do a good survey before choosing the courses and colleges.
K J Somaiya Institutions, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune and Hindustan University also took part in the exhibition.
S Thiagarajan, Director of Indus Fair and Events, the organiser of the event, said the exhibition would be held today and tomorrow in Muscat and in Suhar on Tuesday.
Kaushalendra Singh
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