Indian Education: A Weak Link?(study of IT education quality by McKinsey and Company Inc. )

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MUMBAI, India--Among the forces arrayed to thwart India's march to the center of the world technology stage, none draws more fire from executives than the Indian educational system.

A recent study by McKinsey and Co. which was sponsored by Nasscom, found that India will need 2.3 million information technology and business process outsourcing workers by 2010, but Indian universities won't be able to meet that need, leaving employers with a shortfall of 500,000.

But even if Indian institutions can produce graduates in sufficient numbers, Indian executives said they want graduates to have knowledge they can put to work right away.

College grads that are schooled in software engineering may know Java or C++, they said, but they are unfamiliar with...

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