Employability is a curriculum problem

14 June 2026 · 1 min read

Institutions treat employability as a downstream problem and staff it accordingly: a training week, a grooming session, a placement cell under pressure in February.\n\nBut employers are not testing polish. They are testing whether a graduate can define a problem, gather evidence, and defend a recommendation.\n\nIf no course in eight semesters required that, no amount of pre-placement training will produce it.

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