The Indian education system is still heavily subsidized by the government. There is no intrinsic necessity to work while studying to ensure one’s survival, however, only a few students prefer to earn while they learn. The reasons while students are not allowed to earn while there learn and study are numerous like working students are also seen as a disgrace by many Indian households signifying and passing on the message that the bread earner is unable to manage and sustain the family. In India, parents are very protective of their offspring. Allowing them to attend college is more of a social necessity than a required step in their professional development. Allowing them to work raises questions about a family’s financial situation. Furthermore, most students waste their parents’ money due to a lack of adult responsibility.
Students all across the world begin working while still in school, but this is not the case in India. The fundamental reason for this is a scarcity of part-time employment possibilities. Students are unable to devote 100% of their time to full-time work because they are already juggling coursework, projects, and exams. As a result, they can only think about part-time work for extra cash, which they are unable to obtain.
So what are we all waiting for students why not let us utilize and make productive use of the time available to us to groom our skills be it planning, controlling, designing, critical thinking, analyzing, etc. which at the end of the formal learning system will make us a stand apart from the rest, a more confident person equipped with much requisite skill by the time pass out of formal education system.
There are multiple advantages for students when they start earning and gaining experience while still enrolled in the formal learning system.
So what are we waiting for students even when they are enrolled in the top MBA college in India let’s open our wings and explore the unexplored and image the unattainable to be attained !!
Let’s utilize each second of our time more seriously and try to learn and acquire something every day, be it doing internships in free time, turning your hobby into a profession, starting a digital enterprise, teaching the underprivileged……. the list is endless but imagination is not!!!!
Ms.Deepika
Assistant Professor, RDIAS