Watch it! Your (specialized) B.Sc degree might be useless!
Kapil Sibal has once again stirred the hornets’ nest. There are moves afoot to scrap specialized B.Sc courses. There are at least 73 colleges in Hyderabad and Secunderabad offering courses like bio technology, bioinformatics, computer applications, nanotechnology, nano biotechnology etc. All these might be scrapped if the government has its way. And the students studying in these courses now face a very bleak future. How did this come about? In a report titled ‘Restructuring Post-School Science Teaching Programmes’, the three academies - The National Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy and Indian Academy of Sciences - stated: ‘‘Courses in highly specialised subjects like biotechnology, bioinformatics, computer applications, nanotechnology, nanobiotechnology etc should not be allowed at school and undergraduate levels.’’ The docket handed over a week ago to Sibal was drawn up after top scientists and educationists concluded that ‘‘BSc in narrow disciplines is detrimental’’. They in fact have gone ahead and termed "Early specialization (as) a career risk." The fate of over 11,000 students who have enrolled in these courses this year alone now hangs in balance.
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