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Determinants of Students’ Choice of Engineering Disciplines in India

Hindistan’da Farklı Mühendislik Dallarını Seçen Öğrencilerin Seçimlerini Belirleyen Faktörler

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163–180
Publication Date
2022-11-06
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A few sets of major factors – individual, household, academic background of the students, current education, futureemployment prospects and further educational aspirations etc., have beenidentified and used in the probit analysis and the results are discussed in detail.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Engineering education has expanded fast in India during the last threedecades.
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Key Findings & Data:Using the data collected through a survey ofabout 7,000 students enrolled in 40 engineering institutions in four differentstates in India, an attempt has been made in this paper to examine the determinants that explain students’ choice between ‘traditional’ and ‘modern’/‘information-technology-related’ branches of engineering, by estimating aprobit regression equation.
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Conclusion & Impact:A few sets of major factors – individual, household, academic background of the students, current education, futureemployment prospects and further educational aspirations etc., have beenidentified and used in the probit analysis and the results are discussed in detail.
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Abstract

Engineering education has expanded fast in India during the last threedecades. However, all branches of engineering education have not grown atthe same pace. While standard traditional branches like mechanical, civil andelectrical engineering have bad been popular for a long time, areas like electronics engineering, computer science engineering and information technology related engineering have evolved fast in the recent years. Senior secondary school graduates face a dilemma of making a rational choice in selectingthe disciplines of their study. Using the data collected through a survey ofabout 7,000 students enrolled in 40 engineering institutions in four differentstates in India, an attempt has been made in this paper to examine the determinants that explain students’ choice between ‘traditional’ and ‘modern’/‘information-technology-related’ branches of engineering, by estimating aprobit regression equation. A few sets of major factors – individual, household, academic background of the students, current education, futureemployment prospects and further educational aspirations etc., have beenidentified and used in the probit analysis and the results are discussed in detail.

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Hindistan’da mühendislik eğitimi son otuz yılda hızlı bir ivme kaydetmiştir. Bununla birlikte, mühendislik eğitiminin tüm dalları aynı hızda büyümemiştir. Makine, inşaat ve elektrik mühendisliği gibi geleneksel alanlar uzun zamandır pek rağbet görmemekte, ancak elektronik mühendisliği, bilgisayar bilimleri mühendisliği ve bilgi teknolojisi ile ilgili mühendislik alanları ise son yıllarda hızla gelişmektedir. Ortaokul mezunları ileride uzmanlaşacakları alanları seçme konusunda akılcı bir seçim yapmak zorundadır. Bu çalışma, Hindistan’daki dört farklı eyalette bulunan 40 mühendislik fakültesine kayıtlı yaklaşık 7.000 öğrencinin cevapladığı anketle toplanan verileri kullanarak, öğrencilerin ‘geleneksel’ ve ‘modern’ / ‘bilgi teknolojileri ile ilgili’ mühendislik dalları arasındaki seçimlerini açıklayan belirleyicileri probit regresyon denklemi yoluyla incelemeyi amaçlamıştır. Öğrencilerin bireysel ve hane halkı özellikleri, akademik geçmişi, mevcut eğitimin özellikleri, gelecekteki istihdam beklentileri ve eğitim hedeşeri gibi bazı temel faktörler belirlenmiş, probit analizinde kullanılmış ve sonuçlar ayrıntılı olarak tartışılmıştır.

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Tilak, J. B. G. (2022). Determinants of Students’ Choice of Engineering Disciplines in India. Yükseköğretim Dergisi, Cilt: 10 - Sayı: 2, 163–180. https://ajindex.com/articles/647712

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