light on what actually happens onfield good faculty cannot alone produce good students each student is different and i dont think the college is responsible for someones grasping power mohammed ameen another civil engineering student is of the opinion that the college should include sessions on communication and soft skills a degree can be acquired by hard work or rote learning however how one presents and conducts oneself after college also matters so developing soft skills and preparing students for the world is what colleges should concentrate on says mohammedfocus on placements say exstudentswhile current students may be offered better facilities and opportunities exstudents are of the opinion that better placement facilities should be the high point of most colleges pratik bendale a software developer who studied at a pimpri college believes that campus placements should be on any colleges priority list he says a student considers hisher college as a platform to learn explore and experiment if the faculty is not good enough and doesnt provide you with necessary skills then you are left to fend for yourselfselfemployed srijan dubey who completed his engineering from kondhwa does not blame his college for lack of facilities in fact he feels the change has to come from higher authorities governing these colleges he says nothing much can be done at the collegelevel considering they have to abide by rules and regulations by the concerned university nothing can change unless our education system is revampedwhat the dte notice is all aboutengineering colleges should not admit students for undergraduate or postgraduate courses for the new academic year notices have been sent to 12 engineering colleges in the citylack of basic facilities is one of the reasons citedthe current batches will continue till the course is completethe parameters being considered are number of classrooms drinking water toilets studentteacher ratio and wellequipped laboratoriesthe initial inspection was conducted by the directorate of technical education dte facilities that students needambulanceparking spacewificounselling sessions yogameditation classessports ground operational canteenswellequipped hostels