IS OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM A CUSSION?

Four years is not a short time. I mean, looking back four years a lot of things have changed. School is crazy I must confess. There is usually so much to do from the academics to the social life that always seems to be off the balance. Campus days are the only times that ones social life feels like a roller coaster, speeding off that if you miss a moment then catching up feels too late. Everyday something happens. To some it’s funny to others it’s a day gone wrong. All this is not easy and every event is bound to change our lives in one way or another. Four years is in indeed a long time

Imaging experiencing every bit of the four years in campus. By every bit I mean the assignment deadlines , moving from one class to another, the assignment that pile up eventually killing your social life, exams , friends…there is only too much I could mention. Think of every bit you consider a brick that has built who you are. Then knocks the joblessness. Honestly…who dreams only for their dreams to be crushed? If we all knew they would not happen then we would change the course but again that is why they are dreams. All this feels like a rolling stone you could only gather as much moss but in case you don’t then it’s never that serious.

After four years we are all bond to wait in a queue somewhere. Jobs will be important to keep our lives going and with the typical African parents then a job, a decent job will be important. Job hunting however is not as easy. Not in this day and age where employers are asking for more than three years’ experience from a fresh graduate. What about when they give you a position that you did not study for.

Building a company is not easy. Creating and curving a niche in various industries is only easy in a dream. But again Rome was not built in a day. It can be nerve wrecking to employ an amateur. I understand when an employer does not want to risk their own hard work and that is why students are given internship opportunities. A good number of our graduates are rotting away in their homes and in careers that they did not even study for at the university. Every problem has a solution and to this one we could maybe start by employers not asking for the many years of experience. Some positions however require one with the mastery of art and skill. But I used some to mean that not all positions require this, that way our graduates will find position that they can grow in and even become better in their skill.

Most of the employers have gone through the almost the same if not the exact kind of education system that the current graduate is. It would only sound fair if they also took the bait and believe in the fresh graduate. No man is an island. The employers of nowadays should understand how much impact their faith in the graduates goes a long way. At one point they also needed someone to believe in their skill and ideas. And as the good book say even though the faith will be like a mastered seed then that to would be enough.

The entrepreneurial culture is really growing. Students are doing their own things. Those ideas that had been making their heads itch are now becoming business empires. It is very impressive to see a person in early twenties have a business empire that thrives on passion more than education.

Maybe our education system should also change and expose our students to the industry at an early age. The career niche ought to be curved before joining the universities this way our graduates should have more to give to the job market. To the graduates all hope is not lost.