The State of Working India 2026 report, released by the Azim Premji University last week, says teacher-student ratios at engineering and management institutes lag far behind the norms set by the All India Council for Technical Education. Demography trendThe report acknowledges that India’s youth population is poised to witness a substantial decline because of a fall in the fertility rate. But it emphasises that India remains a young country with a median age of 28 years — and in dire need of good technical education for its youth. The youth population is projected to decline, for both men and women, to about 34.5 crore by 2036. “The 15 to 29-year-olds, India’s youth, number about 367 million and account for nearly a third of the working-age population.

Source: The Telegraph March 29, 2026 01:07 UTC