| Monday, March 24, 2008
Women choose diplomas in technology areas
Polytechnics are attracting more girl students who find the
diplomas in technical streams a quick route to a career.
Diploma courses in printing technology, civil engineering, electrical
engineering, mechanical and electronics are no longer male bastions.
They are attracting more number of girl students of late.
With the economy opening up, there are more job opportunities
in various fields such as pagination, graphic designing, structural
design drawing, electrical layouts, making smaller gadgets and
so on. Many students, who pursue diploma after Class X, also
get into engineering streams through lateral entry mode.
Students who have done printing technology courses are taking
up jobs as paginators and graphic designers in publishing services.
“Girl students who have done civil, electrical or electronics
take up indoor designing work with the help of software. They
make structural designs, electrical layouts and machine design.
They need not necessarily go to the site,” says R. Arangarajoo,
principal, Central Polytechnic College, Taramani Inaugurating
the State conference of the Tamil Nadu Retired College Teachers’
Association here on Saturday, Dr. Ponnavaiko said that the University
needed experienced advisors and academicians for executing various
non-academic programmes, such as provision of additional infrastructural
facilities like expansion of campus.
V. Sekar, principal, Sri Sairam Polytechnic College, says: “In
the past two years or so a few girls are opting for electronics
courses. After they complete the course they take up higher
studies or take up jobs in companies in board manufacturing
line or even in electrical goods service centres. They are paid
anywhere between Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 12,000. The pay depends on
the company they work in.”
“In the past one year, thanks to the boom in the IT industry,
IT and computer students, who have a liking for programming
are getting into IT companies; otherwise they work as computer
operators or instructors in labs in polytechnics. Students also
pursue networking courses and take up jobs in that area,”
he adds. However, girls are still hesitating to take up mechanical
engineering courses.
“Girl students come forward to join almost all core subjects
except mechanical, which attracts just a lone girl now and then.
Girls seem to prefer EEE or Computer Science or IT since there
is immediate placement in these courses. They also get good
salaries if they work well,” says Hussain, principal,
Panimalar Polytechnic.
“I chose IT because I can sit in front of a computer and
work. There is no on-site work like in civil or electrical.
There are good job opportunities after this or I can even study
engineering,” said Lakshmi, a student doing her diploma
in IT.
“I chose IT because I can sit in front of a computer and
work. There is no on-site work like in civil or electrical.
There are good job opportunities after this or I can even study
engineering,” said Lakshmi, a student doing her diploma
in IT.
Giving statistics, he says there is a need for more diploma
holders as there are only 25 diploma holders for every degree
holder, compared to two diploma holders for one degree holder.
Since students need to invest lesser to study in polytechnics
and need not bother about the +2 board exams, this stream of
education definitely has an edge over regular streams, he says.
Courtesy: The Hindu - Education Plus
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