India - Education

Education in India was right in front of our face every day.  The children go to school six days out of the week wearing uniforms.  We saw many field trips of these children while touring historic sites in their nice orderly rows looking intently at us and the exhibitions.   Even the most rural village we toured near Bangelore had their children going off in their tidy uniforms to school each day.  Higher education is everywhere.  Colleges and universities are springing up to support the needs of India.   We toured Symbiosis Institute of Business Management and had an exchange with faculty and students of the differences in our educational systems.  When asked if the Indian students were contemplating coming to America after receiving diplomas, the students were unanimous in agreeing that there were too many opportunities in their nation to consider leaving for employment reasons.  When touring the businesses discussing employment, many said they would not consider hiring anything but Indian students.   However, these employers discussed the challenges of keeping their skilled employees.  It was not uncommon for another company to offer a better package and without company loyalty, those employees would “jump ship”.