Under-employed graduates sign of bad curriculum and economy

The aphorism that higher education is key to development could only be true if it created new knowledge, taught specific skills and promoted core values that held freedom, tolerance and human dignity in high esteem, says United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in a policy briefing paper on the current demand for tertiary education globally.

Subsequently, amid efforts to reap the benefits of higher education, participation in higher education globally has more than doubled in the last 15 years, rising from 100 million students in 2000 to 207 million students in 2014.