Engineering graduates in this part of the world, are increasingly finding bean counting
as an interesting job! What else can explain the number of engineering
graduates enrolling for a class which prepares aspirants for a clerical job in
public sector banks. I haven’t conducted any survey on this, but I can easily
count to a minimum of 8 fellows known to me who have either got into some banks
as clerks or who are preparing for bank exams. Here are two different stories about engineering admissions.
Story One: My cousin and her husband, both civil engineers
in Central Government Dept. are hell bent in making their daughter a civil
engineer. With less that 50% marks in Math, and with her heart inclined toward
English Literature, the daughter is now enrolled for a course in civil
engineering. Wonder how she builds bridges!
Story Two: A studious girl, with more than 95% marks in her
+2 exams has no idea other than follow what her parents choose for her. Her
parents enrolled her for a course in an engineering
college, which could possibly rank within 1 to 10 from bottom. When asked why this college when she could
easily get admitted to some really good ones, the reply was, “We just want her to earn an engineering degree so that she can appear for bank exams and become a clerk”. When
further asked, then why engineering rather than a degree in commerce or so, the reply was, “these
days every one who gets into a bank has a engineering degree, and so she too”.
Good luck to both of you, and whoever uses the bridge the
fellow in story one is forced to build.
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