Reasons why IT sector is in crisis today and how STEM skills can uplift it
Every
industry has its time and needs. When the need diminishes or is asked in an advanced form, it creates problems for the
people working in the industry. The same thing happened with Indian IT sector
as well. IT professionals are asked to sign off and being laid off amidst low
revenue growth, thus leading to mass deployment of engineers in India. What are
the reasons behind this change? Why is a mass
number of people getting fired from Wipro, IBM, and other leading IT industries? The idea is to reshape the
business model of IT industry, so that company can meet its fund needs and
generate some big profits. With the advancements in cloud computing and
auto-programming, the industry is thinking to replace workforce with robots, as
this will save a lot!
The second
problem rising is that the industry doesn't
have people who are good in new technologies like data analytics, Internet of
Things and cloud computing. So if you think by learning simple programming
languages, you can get a high profile job in IT sector, then it’s more of a
myth now as the industry is craving for people with new skills and ideas. The
entry-level coding jobs will see a cut and there will be good opportunities for
people who are proficient in Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital space, bio technologies and digital analytics. The IT industry is now planning to
re-skill their productive employees. But
this won’t be sufficiently enough; there should be some changes in education
system too.
Because if
kids and students are the same things, they will end up being in the same position as the IT professionals are in
today. Changes in education can only fill the bridge the skill gap in a brisk
manner and train students for a better future. The changes which are in demand
will be:
- · Organizing new lessons on coding and programming languages
- · Introducing new courses on IOT ( Internet of Things), Cloud computing and Data analytics
- · Making students realize what’s wrong with the IT industry and what skills they need to develop in order to become an asset for them
If we
depend on the education system and wait
for some sudden change, it will take a lot of time. As a change in education
system involves lots of discussions, conferences,
and sessions. So a quick solution for the rising IT problem can be STEM
Education. STEM an acronym of Science, Technology, Education, and Mathematics is the most concerned and responsive
education curriculum in the world. It is already being implemented in the USA and other countries as it solves all the
existing problems which the corporate world is facing today.
STEM is the
only education system which keeps on updating its
content and syllabus based on changes imposed in technology and science. It’s a
very flexible system and is the change which current education system needs so
that students can improve their skills so that they can be a good fit for the
IT industry and occupy high-profile jobs. As the time is passing by, we can
expect more scope for STEM-skilled people
in the Information Technology.
Nice....😇
ReplyDeleteThanks for this blog.it is really helpful for me
ReplyDeleteVery much informative and well written
ReplyDeleteInformative!
ReplyDeleteWell written