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Mercer-Mettl released India’s Graduate Skill Index 2025

Posted 24 Feb 2025

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It deals with the employability of Indian graduates for an AI-enabled workplace. 

Key Findings 

  • Overall Employability of Indian Graduates: Saw a decline from 44.3% (2023) to 42.6% (2024) particularly driven by non-technical skills like human resources, digital marketing, etc. 
    • Indian graduates have however displayed highest employability amongst technical job roles like Artificial Intelligence (AI), etc. 
  • Gender Disparity: 43.4% of male graduates are employable, compared to 41.7% for female graduates. 
  • Employability across Colleges: Graduates from Tier 1 colleges have the highest employability. 
  • Employability across soft Skills: 50% of Indian graduates are proficient in soft skills like emotional intelligence, creativity, etc. 

Reasons for Low Employability of Indian Graduates

  • Education system gaps: Indian colleges focus more on theory than practical skills.  
  • AI disrupting jobs: Automation is changing job roles, requiring continuous upskilling.
    • 28% of employers believe that a significant transformation of technical skills will be required for a third of their talent base in 2025 to remain competitive. 
  • Soft Skills Deficit: Educational programs overlook critical workplace abilities like communication, teamwork and critical thinking, etc. 

Some Initiatives to Increase Employability in India

  • Skill Development: Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme, etc. 
  • Women Employability: Stand Up India, Women in Science and Engineering-KIRAN (WISE-KIRAN), etc. 
  • Tags :
  • Skill Development
  • Employability
  • India's Graduate Skill Index
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