GIRLS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Blessed are we who found a chance to become mechanical engineer, let us not ask for any other blessings. 

Engineering does not discriminate against women, it actually welcomes them. It is just that most girls don't opt for mechanical engineering, which is why you don't hear of a ton of them. In mechanical engineering, as long as you work hard, and are creative, no one cares what gender you are. Earlier Mechanical engineering was treated as a man's forte as it required lot of physical effort but not anymore. These days with the advent of modern tools and technologies people can’t discriminate on gender, in fact you may be good in designing stuff which is treated as the most important wing of mechanical engineering.
Today in the age of enlightenment, when the world is not gender biased, we still have very few girls in the Mechanical Engineering. This act has been severely taken up by ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineering). ASME has thus signed up an agreement with Girls Scouts of The United States of America with an aim to increase interest in Mechanical Engineering among girls between the age group of 7–17 years.

When we look at some facts and figures, it shows that girls form only 5 to 10% of the total population of Mechanical Engineers around the globe. But it would be unfair on girl’s part if we don’t appreciate their efforts because these are the girls who all have taken a brave decision to deal their life in somewhat a different way than others of their breed. The female Mechanical Engineer’s are the ones who have a firm willingness and determination to dominate the men in the men’s world.
Female Education is something that our country need to still promote and at a much larger scale. And if we promote it by transforming them into mechanical engineers then it will be we who will enjoy the cake with the red cherry on the top. Girls are those creatures of god who all have much more in their bags than just drafters, dreams and documents. They are the ones who have the potential to bring about the change that we want to see.

CHANGE IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM…

If you want to plan for a year, plant rice,

If you want to plan for ten years, plant a tree.

If you want to plan for ten years, change the education system of your country.

The 20th century has been a period of educational revolution. Momentous changes have take place, whereas change in education system in India is knocking at the doors in the 21st century. With the globalization of the Indian market and the erasing of socio-cultural barriers, India is becoming a global village. Moreover, the neo policies of liberalization and privatization of Government of India have given birth to diversified sectors of education system in India.

Since the beginning of time, there has been some form of education occurring. In the early 1700’s in India, when a father taught his son how to build fire using two objects or a mother taught her daughter how to prepare meal over an open pit fire, those were some stereotypic examples of very basic form of education. As the time has progressed, we have created a much more complex education system which involves multiplicity of professionals working with a variety of perplexing learners. Within that context, we find conventions that have existed for more than one hundred years, example – use of desks, one teacher per class, grades, blackboards or whiteboards. Also the basic concept of curriculum has been central to the teaching or learning process and in many ways remains unchanged even with the advent of such tools as the computer and internet.

So when we think of changing educational reforms in the present scenario, we are reminded of the convictions that have remains unaltered. Does the expression,” The more we change, the more we stay the same” apply to the situation? Arta Costa stated,” It seems like in education we go through a reform once in about ten years.” But have such educational reforms meant change in the education system of the country? Not necessarily.

The present education system in India is in flux and full of contradictions. While there are world class institutions of higher education like IIT’s and IIM’s, most other are nothing but degree awarding institutions. In the name of educational equality we have huge educational conglomerates opposite huge slums. The ‘Sarva Siksha Abhiyan’ is good in theory but bad in practice. It is like yet one more government sponsored projects whose progress is measured by the money spent rather than target achieved. The secondary and primary education system is in a real bad shape.

Lot has been talked about value education during the last twenty years. Many expert group meets were held, reports were published and guidelines were issued, but the situation still remains the same as it was in 1947. The changing education reforms has though issued various policies but has failed to develop the personality of our youth to take responsibility as a good citizen, apart from being a good scholar, scientist, engineer, manager, etc. The revolution that has been made in the educational system nowhere talks about the moral education, although we know that moral education is a must for children. Though our Ministry of HRD has taken some steps to reform the education system in the country, but still the real development of our nation is unnoticeable.

Education is a state subject and it is good that it is so, but our dream is 100% literate India. We cannot afford to stop at near 100% literacy. We should upgrade our standard of what constitutes a common man. Let us aim at educating each and every Indian, not only making him literate i.e. pseudo-educated but also he should be able to read, write and understand the environment he has to work for.