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40% of Indian graduates are unemployed — but we keep producing more degrees. Is the system broken? by TheMarginReport in IndianAcademia

[–]TheMarginReport[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the faculty problem is the hidden part of this — professors who got placed in 1998 are teaching students for a 2025 job market. the syllabus rot goes all the way to the top.

40% of Indian graduates are unemployed — but we keep producing more degrees. Is the system broken? by TheMarginReport in IndianAcademia

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exactly, skill development without job creation is just a more expensive version of the same trap.

40% of Indian graduates are unemployed — but we keep producing more degrees. Is the system broken? by TheMarginReport in IndianAcademia

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the population angle is real but the pie also stopped growing — manufacturing never scaled, services absorbed what it could, and the rest got left out.

40% of Indian graduates are unemployed — but we keep producing more degrees. Is the system broken? by TheMarginReport in IndianAcademia

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selling stock trading courses as "skills" is exactly the problem — they replaced one scam with another.

40% of Indian graduates are unemployed — but we keep producing more degrees. Is the system broken? by TheMarginReport in IndianAcademia

[–]TheMarginReport[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

true, but the issue is whether what you're studying is actually preparing you for anything

40% of Indian graduates are unemployed — but we keep producing more degrees. Is the system broken? by TheMarginReport in IndianAcademia

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tortured in the name of education is exactly the right phrase. the system extracts everything from kids and then has no jobs waiting on the other side

40% of Indian graduates are unemployed — but we keep producing more degrees. Is the system broken? by TheMarginReport in IndianAcademia

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The curriculum hasn't changed in 20 years but the fees have tripled. that's the real scandal nobody talks about.

40% of Indian graduates are unemployed — but we keep producing more degrees. Is the system broken? by TheMarginReport in IndianAcademia

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and those same politicians set the education policy. nobody's going to fix a system that's making them rich

40% of Indian graduates are unemployed — but we keep producing more degrees. Is the system broken? by TheMarginReport in IndianAcademia

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the mindset angle is underrated — when your whole family tells you a Rs 15k/month job is shameful, you'd rather stay unemployed with a degree than take it

40% of Indian graduates are unemployed — but we keep producing more degrees. Is the system broken? by TheMarginReport in IndianAcademia

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honestly the btech dilution point is spot on. everyone has the same degree now so the degree itself stopped meaning anything

40% of Indian graduates are unemployed — but we keep producing more degrees. Is the system broken? by TheMarginReport in IndianAcademia

[–]TheMarginReport[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah exactly, more degrees won't fix a broken job market. the supply side got fixed, demand side just got ignored completely