‘Self-Regulation among Management Graduates: An employability perspective’ with special reference to North Kerala

It is imperative to address the unemployment issue in India through structural changes in the educational system. Since the universities and other educational institutions vigorously engaged in producing global cadres of youth with exclusive skills, it is the duty of the authorities to make sure that no Indian youth to be brought out from the frames of Indian educational system as unemployable. According to A P J Abdulkalam, Former President of India, with regard to Indian conditions ‘Employability’ is the biggest problem than unemployment. As they have become more and more frontier-less, modern-day careers are often portrayed as ones wherein personnel are proactive, employable, and self-regulative. In the context of education and learning, self-regulation refers to a student application of self-directed process and behaviors that lead to the attainment of goals. Self-regulation of learning encompasses creating a plan, selecting a learning strategy, and then monitoring progress and making adjustments as needed. This paper examines the perspective among Management students at post-graduation level about self-regulatory learning and its various dimensions including gender differences. The data for the study has collected as part a primary survey and standard questionnaire is used for data collection. The trend of the result is more favorable to the Female students that the female students have more consciousness regarding self-regulatory measures when compared with their male counterpart. The conclusion of the study is that the Self-regulation is one of the most in-demand abilities for individuals entering a workplace and if we want anticipates prosperous talented Next generation of India, the system has to be equipped with more employable skill including self-regulatory skill.