Coimbatore: With just 83 per cent score in plus-2 Anuj Sriram managed to join a fancy engineering course, Advanced Industrial Robotics, at Kumaraguru College of Technology last year. This year, he has quit the engineering college and joined B.Com International Business in an arts college in the city.
Academic pressure and strict campus regiment are forcing several engineering students in Coimbatore to quit their hard-earned engineering seats and join less-demanding and more liberal arts and sciences colleges in the city.
As many as 150 engineering students have sought admission to the Dr GRD College of Arts and Sciences for their business management courses. “Going to engineering college is just like going to school. I somehow managed to convince my parents that it’s my life and I don’t want to end up doing something which never interests me,” says Anuj (name changed). He just managed to pass the first year engineering exams but decided that he would not go back to the engineering college.
Nineteen year old Praveen (name changed) too has quit mechanical engineering course in Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology to join B.Com International Business in GRD College. “I joined engineering under pressure from my parents. But I realised it is a waste of time,” says Praveen ( name changed). He scored 63 per cent in his first year engineering exam, but decided to drop out.
“I did not wish to waste my days and nights in boring projects. I wanted to do something creative. After doing B.Com International Business, I will go abroad and do MBA,” says Praveen.
Academics say the freshers in engineering colleges find Math and Physics subjects far too complex. Many first year engineering students who scored centums in Maths in Plus-2 struggle to pass the Maths exam in engineering.
“Many engineering students who come seeking admission to art courses say they are unable to cope up with the course or not interested at all," says a senior official in a leading city arts and science college.
