(a) whether employability of the students passing out of the colleges/ institutes in the
country remain low not withstanding the efforts made by various
committees/commissions set up to ameliorate the quality of education and conduct a
study thereon;
(b) if so, the details thereof including the number of engineering students who are not
able to secure gainful employment;
(c) whether the Government has taken any cognizance in this regard and formulated a
fresh policy for higher education and proposes to open finishing schools to address
the problem;
(d) if so, the details thereof and the date on which and the manner in which it is likely to
be implemented;
(e) whether various committees have suggested fixing the accountability of teachers in
this and assessment of the performance of the teachers by the students; and
(f) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto and the steps being taken in this
regard?