BENGALURU: Considering the unemployability among graduates, the state Department of Higher Education has decided to introduce Skill Development as a course along with the existing Bachelor of Arts course.This will be implemented from the next academic year in all government and aided degree colleges. After a meeting with department officials, Higher Education minister G T Devegowda said, “As per the data available with our department, lakhs of graduates are unemployed.
BA graduates are the most hit. Considering this seriously, we have decided to incorporate Skill Development course with the existing general degree course.”He also said the government will give priority to improve the quality of education at higher education institutions and universities.