Where does a young ENGINEER stand in Pakistan?
Where does a young ENGINEER stand in Pakistan?
This is the question I am asking
to myself from the day I have completed my graduation. As far as, I have observed, our engineers stand
nowhere in our society. No one is raising voice about the unemployment of
engineers. No one is talking on social media about this issue and the reason is
that they have bigger issues to discuss. Why do they care about this one? But what’s the purpose of Pakistan
Engineering Council? Why do we need this institution? Is their only purpose to
just accredit the Engineering Universities? What Engineering council is doing
at the other end, the job sector? Nothing, they are doing nothing. Oh yes few
months ago, they have taken the huge step towards this issue. They have
provided the engineers with (15%-20%) discounts on different brands. For God’s
sake, they do not need this lollypop; this is not the step our engineers need
at this crucial time. They need
assurance. They need appreciation. They need reward of their hard work. Even I will
say, they need handsome pay too. The
reason is that in our society, somewhere respect comes with money too. Their
parents put the same faith in them as the parents of other profession’s
students do. Recently the elections of
Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) have been held. This is the only time when
they call engineers and ask them to vote for them. They represent some amazing
reforms that they will do if they get selected. But one can vote for them when
he/she has lost trust in them. How one can vote for them when every other week
he/she has to give job tests conducted by their looting testing services at the
cost of Rs 700. Those testing services
who do not know the basics of engineering even.
Our engineers are doing jobs at the pay of just 15 to 20k. To get into
any engineering institutions, they pass through same tough phase as medical or
in any other profession students do. They put their best during their four
years of degree as a medical students do. Then where does the difference lie?
The difference lies in acknowledgement and appreciation. We are standing at the
stage that the person who does not know that what work engineer do in his
field, he knows that doing engineering is useless in Pakistan. We are standing
at the stage where engineers are getting depressed. I know any student at this
stage of their life needs patience but they need to be assured that they will
get recognized, they will get rewarded. With the time being, the competition in
every other field is growing but the situation is not same in engineering
sector of Pakistan. The merit of engineering institutions is falling every
year. The young and bright students do not want to come towards this field. The
reason is not that they do not have passion for this field. The ground reality
is that they know they will not get rewarded at the end of their degrees. Every
other graduated engineer is suggesting to others:
“Yar engineering mai
kuch nahi rakha hoa is sy acha CA kr lo”
He/She is saying this because he does not want that student to
suffer as he is suffering. Few years
ago, maybe I would have denied this statement and would say that “Do not think
about money. Do not think about job. Think about your passion. Think about what
you want to do” But not now. I have faced the reality of this pathetic system.
I will never ever suggest this field to any other student.
We have to think about this
aspect. Engineers play a very important role in the development of country’s
economy. Their role is to design, build and innovate every other thing we see
around ourselves. But in Pakistan, their role is just getting limited to memes
and jokes. These are all the reasons that there is no innovation in PAKISTAN.
“Scientist or other columnists suggest theories. The implementation of
these theories is done by ENGINEERS.”
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