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Mobile phones, films distracting students, says Anna varsity VC

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`Jobs aplenty but engineering graduates lacking in knowledge'

HONOURED: K.B. Kalarevathi receiving the degree certificate from D.Vishwanathan, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University, at Vellalar College for Engineering and Technology, Thindal, on its first Convocation Day on Saturday. — Photo: M. Govarthan

ERODE: Excessive use of mobile phone, indulgence in cinema and television are distracting today's youth upon whom the country's future lay and President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam had reposed faith in transforming India into a developed nation by 2020, D. Viswanathan, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University, has said.

Worrying trend

"This trend is worrisome, for today's youth hold the key to development," he said at the first graduation ceremony organised by the Vellalar College of Engineering and Technology, Thindal, on Saturday.

Jobs were aplenty but engineering graduates were not competent, lacking in the basics of core subjects and application of knowledge as well as in communication skills, he said and pointed out that five lakh jobs were lying vacant in manufacturing and software companies.

That trend could be arrested with the intervention of parents and teachers, he said. "Parents' role is important. When their wards are in school the parents monitored their progress but once the children entered the college the parents seldom paid attention to their children." He advised the parents to do "good monitoring" of their children till they graduated.

Calling upon students to reorient their priorities, he told them that the burden of blame lay on their shoulders if they failed to perform. "Students are responsible for their own failures."

Dr. Viswanathan urged the graduates to take greater responsibilities in life. "A degree from a university immediately distinguishes you from the vast majority of your fellow countrymen. A degree certifies that you have acquired a sufficient level of knowledge and skill that enable you to lead a civilized life."

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