Current situation of pharmacy education is really in bad shape and there are many factors behind it. Today the situation is like that M.Pharm candidates with even distinction marks in the subjects are searching jobs and are jobless even after 6-8 months of their M.Pharm. Once up on a time the pharmacy was a branch where people get job in early stage before their result come out. 5 to 6 years ago even Diploma pharmacy students could get job easily with reasonable salary.
The main reason behind this is the increase in number of colleges and stagnant increase in the pharmaceutical industry and other related branches like clinical research, bioinformatic, Pharmacovigilance etc. Few years ago there were only 100-200 seats of M.Pharm in whole Gujarat including all branches and now it has been gone above 3000 seats of M.Pharm in Gujarat only. Students are getting admission in M.Pharm very easily but not getting job after M.Pharm.
How this problem can be solved to increase job opportunity?
The very first thing is the stop giving approval to new colleges which doesn't have proper facility and sufficient staff. Revising the syllabus to cover the new development and new subjects of recent development in pharmaceutical industry so student can think for the diversified career rather than going for traditional career mentality. There should be collaboration of industry with academic institute for benefits of both.Students should understand the situation in the industry and explore the new career opportunity.
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