I didnt wanted the lecture to be just one way communication. So asked some questions regarding the networking. But sadly no student had correct understanding of basics of network communication. They didnt answered simple questions like explanation of the TCPIP 3 Way Handshake.
Well I told them importance of the basic knowledge. I was taken aback when the students didnt came across the basic questions like how does things happen in the background when we type a URL e.g. www.yahoo.com in browser and till the yahoo.com page is displayed in the browser. There was a silver line to the cloud but, After lecture was finished students asked me to explain what what steps are there when we type URL in browser. I explained that to them. But I felt bad nobody had that spark. I dont know if it is because of the students mindset or how they are being taught. If student dont have this kind of basic knowledge and mindset to know how things worked it is a sad thing.
When I asked what type of projects are they doing , are they trying to take any requirements from a real life scenario and then built projects on them it was not there.
I think it is very much important to do atleast one good and technically strong project in the college days. But normally students just try to get old project reports and make little bit change in database fields and submit the project. But when student go on to give job interview none of these project will help them. Thats why I think at-least one different , strong project should be done. Well if I am seeing a resume of a fresher what are the things which will attract me most ?
It is the projects done by him and any certifications done by him.
Sadly students are only interested to just complete some project for the sake of it. Which is not good in the long term for the student.
Something should be done to change students mindset. I am going to discuss this offline further with others if anything could be done in this regard.
