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University degree must be more than just a means to clinch a job

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Kisii University Masters Degree graduands toss their hats to the air during their graduation ceremony on December 14, 2022. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

What exactly is the value of a university degree? Getting a job? Getting requisite skills for a profession? Acquiring knowledge? A combination of these?

It is now obvious to many students that a university degree is no longer a guarantee the years spent battering keyboards to churn out papers will bear fruit as was the case 25 years ago. In the 80s and early 90s the job market though wasn't limitless; it nevertheless absorbed a majority of graduates. How times change.

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