Why students in India prefer becoming an employee and not an employer?

Except for a few, most of the students in India want to get a well-paying job right after their graduation. This attitude is common to students from both technical and non-technical streams. If we dig deep to find out the root cause for this ‘I want to be an employee’ attitude, we will land at the history of education system.

The Indian education system was designed by the British and is still being followed by the politically independent Indians. Theoretically, we are free from the British, but it seems that the Britishers still remain our masters. They are alive in the attitude of Indians. Education system plays a vital role in shaping the attitude of the people. This system is enabling us to become literate, not educated.

In the 14 plus years of school education, a student is trained to be an obedient sheep.

The very basic right of any student — the right to ask questions is severely discouraged in the Indian schools. The system wants to manufacture ‘Identical’ products which could perform the conventional works in conventional ways.

This system kills the unique trait of human beings which differentiates us from animals — Creativity. Loss of creativity hinders the “out of box” thinking ability of students and gradually make them less confident about themselves. Thus everyone wants to get a safe job rather trying to create jobs.

There are so many other factors such as the economic development of the country, government policies and initiatives like ‘Startup India’ etc which determine the attitude of the people. But the nature of education system plays the most significant role in determining the ‘employee’ or ‘employer’ attitude.

Good insights are drawn from Freedom To Be Uniquely Creative Is Ultimate Educational Equity