By Odusina, Adewale Hiworks, Oct. 27, 2022.
We must redefine college education to our teaming youth; it must mean more to them that just a certificate to show one is schooled. It must mean economic self development preparatory program.
When this is the goal, then the programme must show the deliberate path to that future.
Otherwise A SMART STUDENT must alongside getting the so-called college education, which will just serve a basic social accreditation perception purposes, do other programs probably online and also offline that will make the college education marketable.
For example, a student of College Physiology can take up online information technology, lessons on business operations, money management, workplace inclusivity, Business & Operations, Customer Service, Staffing, Operations & Commerce, Selling, Workplace Inclusivity, Workplace Productivity,Employee Management, Career Development,Brand & Identity, Marketing & Measurement and many more.
Some of this skill development are available for free online (Try Google Primer and LinkedIn) and after completion and certain test of knowledge, certificates are issued.
Others will be for them to pick up trades...barbing, fashion designing, art works, vehicle and truck repairs, vehicle body works, cooking, laundry works and such kind of trades.
The world has changed and changing but a lot of our youths are still chasing the lost cheese.
They are in denial or lazy or fooled that the school certificate will deliver the lost cheese.
We need to push as many of them in our circle of influence to do the needful so they are not out of school and dependent.
Remember the demographic information says in Africa, over 50% of our population are below 40years.
Population of Africa 2021, by age group
Published by
Mariam Saleh,
Jul 15, 2022
In 2021, there were around 207 million children aged 0-4 years in Africa. The population aged 17 years and younger amounted to approximately 650 million. In contrast, only approximately 48 million individuals were aged 65 years and older as of the same year.
If we don't take up the challenge today, we shall have in our society of tomorrow a catastrophic unemployable graduates to deal with.
Employment in the future will be for employable people that may not necessarily be college graduates but college graduates with employable skills will be ahead of the competition.
We have today to change that future narrative.Hiworks
Google Primer is a free mobile application by Google, designed to teach digital marketing and business skills to small and medium business owners, startups, and job seekers using 5-minute interactive lessons. It is a part of Google's Grow with Google and Digital Unlocked initiatives. Wikipedia
