DizzyNarwhal
DizzyNarwhal

Is Higher education still worthy?

For the past year, I've been living in a tier 1 city, specifically Mumbai and Bangalore. In my social circle, I've noticed that, on average, graduates earn around 40,000 rupees per month, while post-graduates earn around 60,000 rupees per month.

However, living in these cities costs a minimum of 15,000 rupees per month for a single person. On the other hand, I've observed that local or migrant people from states like Assam, UP, WB, Bihar, and Odisha, who have only completed 10th grade, are earning an average of 50,000 rupees per month. They work in various roles such as salon services, AC repair, bathroom cleaning, painting, and massage. Even individuals working as Uber drivers, Rapido riders, Swiggy delivery partners, or in similar jobs can earn around 40,000 rupees per month.

PS:- I am not jealous of people earning much despite less education, i respect their hardwork.

Maybe our education system / society needs to focus more on life skills and treat every job with equality.

Coming from a conservative village where education is highly respected and valued, I feel confused. It seems that money is the most important factor in today's world, despite the emphasis placed on education.

Money 💰 is everything 🚶.

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FuzzyNugget
FuzzyNugget
EY16mo

Education always worth it, Additionally, if you are keen to learn new things then definitely can achieve whatever you like. In nutshell, definitely you can look for higher studies only if you willing to do from good institute If, it is in from india then IIM, IIT, ISB, NIT etc. and if you think abroad then definitely look for STEM course from USA, Germany, Australia, Ireland etc.

All the best ✌🏻

GroovyPretzel
GroovyPretzel

I believe that education is really really important, hence I'm self taught. Degrees today though, are extremely useless. Very few universities have that quality, and very very few faculty are actually capable of really teaching.

DizzyNarwhal
DizzyNarwhal

Sorry, i forgot about social media influencers 🫣

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