- Around 65% of engineering students enroll due to parental pressure rather than genuine interest in the field, and many have low scores in physics and math. - A study across 100 colleges found these students lacked interest in engineering and had no career goals. They experienced high peer pressure from the start. - The study also found institutions feel pressured by parents to focus on placements over academics, and students' learning has weakened due to increased digital media use. Their ability to grasp concepts and take notes in class has declined.

1. Most study engg due to parental
push

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• Around 65% of students enroll in engineering courses
out of parental compulsion and many had got
admission despite low scores in physics and maths
which are key subjects for engineering to determine
aptitude.These are the findings of a study conducted by
M-tutor, a private company that develops
supplementing tools for educational learning.
• The study conducted across nearly 100 colleges in
various states found that such students who had
enrolled in engineer ing courses due to parenta
compulsion displayed a lack o interest in the field and
did no have any long-term career goals.

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• Such students experi enced high peer pressure righ from
day one, it found. K V Nandita, a telecom engineering
student, said that she had initially failed in Maths in her
plus-two exam and had to re-appear for the exam before
applying for an engineering seat. “My marks were not great
but since nearly everyone in my class was taking up
engineering, I wanted to get into engineering too,“ she said.
• “We observed that in such cases, the parents also put
pressure on institutions for placements. This in turn
pressurises the institutions to focus on a quantitative rather
than a qualitative approach in their academic processes,“
said V Sundaramoorthy , managing director of M-tutor.

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• The study also discerned a change in patterns
of learning among students over the last
decade. This included their focus being
affected due to high levels of distortion
because of exposure to digital mediums.The
study also found that their ability to grasp
concepts during a a classroom session and to
take down notes had weakened. Most of them
were hesitant to even express this
shortcoming to their own classmates, it said.

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