English Speaking IITians Required

 Graduating batches at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) have been taking rigorous seven-minute oral tests that have nothing to do with what they have studied in class. Their English language and comprehension skills are being evaluated. After staffing companies complained about poor language skills among students, the placement office at the institute has hired an agency to evaluate the English proficiency of the 1,300 students who will be up for placements this year. IIT-Madras and IIT-Kharagpur have also adopted similar tests for their students. “We took a poll among the students and most of them said they would have liked to undergo the evaluation at an earlier stage in their course,” said Mr Ravi Sinha, head of the placement office. While about 300 of them have excellent language skills, 500 have poor language skills, rest of the students fall somewhere in between.

Source : 01-11-10   Hindustan Times  

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