Methods and Approaches for Employability Skill Generation in Higher Educational Institutions.

The vision of any higher education institution is an extension of opportunity to all aspirants of
education and expansion across all realms of knowledge. Keeping in line with this vision,
institutions of higher education should ideally offer the opportunity to take any course to eligible
aspirant in any stream of study that it offers. The vision also encompasses a self-reliant society
where all people are educated and productively engaged, with the objective of creating
academically empowered and ready-for-the-job professionals in diverse fields. To realize this
curriculum should provide for building employability skills among students. It is widely agreed
that curriculum per se and real job performance do not match and there is need to incorporate
skill supplements to boost employability. This paper attempts to outline the measures
undertaken to create employment preparedness among students at Srinivas Institute of
Management Studies (SIMS), Mangalore.