Research Review on Employability Skills Training in Higher Education

This Paper surveys the existing research work
done on the topic of “Employability Skills
Training imparted to the students of Higher
Education as a part of their Curriculum” and other
related literatures. The Corporate employer today
has put the onus of the Development of
Employability Skills on the University and its
Higher Education Institutions. Unlike olden
days, the Companies today do not wish to spend
any of their Resources for training of their new
employees. Instead, they look for ‘OVEN
READY’candidates for employment.
The developed countries have taken the remedial
steps a decade ago. Whereas, in our country,
except for the top ranking Universities and league
Institutes, other institutes of higher education
especially from tier II and III Cities are yet to
include this training in to their curricula. Thus,
the lack of employable skills has affected the
prospects of securing suitable employment for
the students of higher education in these Cities,
and very badly so, for the MBApass-outs.
“In India we produce 25% of MBAs required for
the entire world. But the quality of them is not
even suitable for employment within the
country” says the Chairman of Maruthi Udyog
Ltd, Mr.R.C. Bhargava, who is also Chairman of
Board of Governors, IIM Ranchi. He also said,
“Our MBA education is not aligned to Industry
needs”, (MBAUniverse.comReport, 2012).