An Undergraduate Internship/Project on Industry Academia Linkage and the Identification of Skills Gaps of the Graduating Engineering Students at Tertiary Level Education

Abstract

The difficult and current concerns are unemployment and skill shortages among re- cent engineering graduates. All stakeholders, including businesses, engineering schools, parents of students, and the nation at large, are badly impacted by these difficulties. The labour market will experience its worst condition if things stay as they are, and the policymakers and the government will also suffer greatly. Privatization of engineering degree, skill shortages among recent engineering graduates, rising corporate demands, and a transition in the corporate sector are just a few of the issues that need to be thoroughly analyzed and concentrated on in order to bring about the necessary transformation. In this context, the study makes an effort to analyze prior research on skill gaps among engineering graduates and strategies to reduce those gaps. Additionally, this study will aid in clarifying the precise issues with underemployment and skill gaps amongst recent engineering graduates.