A few years back, one of my friends wanted to do bachelors in international relations but due to the society and its notions, she had to face a lot of peer pressure.
Our society believes that only those who have accomplished something in the fields of medicine, engineers, accounting and management can get handsome salary and respect. She had to opt for an engineering degree due to this issue. Now, she and many of her classmates are jobless due to a plethora of engineers and limited amount of job opportunities.
There are many capable students who have to face impediments in the development of their talent and have limited their ambitions to such faculties. As a result, these faculties get heavily populated leaving many graduates of other faculties remain jobless. In fact, all the subjects and fields have great scope and good opportunities.
Our society is heedless about such facts. It must be made aware of the facts through an awareness campaign with the help of media and teaching institutes.
SARA ALAM
Karachi
