As I drove to work this morning, I heard over the radio that a member of parliament suggested that the government do more to help jobless graduates. AGAIN? I thought this issue has been brought up before?
It’s such a joke to know that graduates remain jobless despite being highly qualified (or is it just an illusion that they are highly qualified?). Perhaps, the government should review the education system as well as the structure and quality of education provided by the Universities and schools throughout the country. Obviously something is not right. There are plentiful of vacancies around but no one seems to be qualified enough to take up the post. For the salary that they pay, employers have a certain level of expectations towards their employees and sad to say, many of the younger generation do not perform at work.
If graduates needs to be re-trained, then what was the three - five years spent in university for? What did the students do and what did the lecturers teach them? How did these unqualified students even pass their exams? If they could speak and do presentations, why is it so that the government still needs to sponsor these students for English and public speaking courses? I feel pretty much disturbed each time I think of such matters.
Honestly, I feel that the government should focus on producing qualified educators, fire the teachers if there is a need (school teachers are never fired, they are just transferred to rural schools if they under perform, lecturers don't get fired, they just don't get promoted). If the students are not up to par, fail them, don’t pass them just because we do not want to keep them in school. Let them re-sit for the papers. If they fail again, get them to re-apply, let them compete with those who want a place in the university, make them work for their degree. Life as we all know is not smooth sailing and students should be taught to understand that. If the we continue to spoon feed under qualified graduates and be overly compassionate towards them, I doubt our country is going to progress much.
My reasons to why graduates are still jobless:
1. They are not qualified
2. They could not even speak to impress their interviewer
3. Bad track records
4. Attitude problems
5. Choosy and expect high salary when they have no experience
4. Have not tried hard enough to apply for jobs
5. Unimpressive resumes
There is always a job out there, it is either taking it or leaving it. Who says graduates cannot work at construction sides, workshops, kitchens, farms........do you know why farms in other countries are bigger than our farms? Think about it.
It’s such a joke to know that graduates remain jobless despite being highly qualified (or is it just an illusion that they are highly qualified?). Perhaps, the government should review the education system as well as the structure and quality of education provided by the Universities and schools throughout the country. Obviously something is not right. There are plentiful of vacancies around but no one seems to be qualified enough to take up the post. For the salary that they pay, employers have a certain level of expectations towards their employees and sad to say, many of the younger generation do not perform at work.
If graduates needs to be re-trained, then what was the three - five years spent in university for? What did the students do and what did the lecturers teach them? How did these unqualified students even pass their exams? If they could speak and do presentations, why is it so that the government still needs to sponsor these students for English and public speaking courses? I feel pretty much disturbed each time I think of such matters.
Honestly, I feel that the government should focus on producing qualified educators, fire the teachers if there is a need (school teachers are never fired, they are just transferred to rural schools if they under perform, lecturers don't get fired, they just don't get promoted). If the students are not up to par, fail them, don’t pass them just because we do not want to keep them in school. Let them re-sit for the papers. If they fail again, get them to re-apply, let them compete with those who want a place in the university, make them work for their degree. Life as we all know is not smooth sailing and students should be taught to understand that. If the we continue to spoon feed under qualified graduates and be overly compassionate towards them, I doubt our country is going to progress much.
My reasons to why graduates are still jobless:
1. They are not qualified
2. They could not even speak to impress their interviewer
3. Bad track records
4. Attitude problems
5. Choosy and expect high salary when they have no experience
4. Have not tried hard enough to apply for jobs
5. Unimpressive resumes
There is always a job out there, it is either taking it or leaving it. Who says graduates cannot work at construction sides, workshops, kitchens, farms........do you know why farms in other countries are bigger than our farms? Think about it.
2 comments:
excel because of hardwork in memorizing the facts ..
didnt excel because refuse to be friends with other races. i believe having friends of different races & religion help in communication skill ..
excel because an individual really know what he/she is doing practically
didnt excel because didnt know how to deliver what he/she knows verbally
a lot end up being a teacher due to high pay but i believe not all can be a good teacher as in being able to teach and deliver their subject well. this includes universities..
students are not the sole individual to be blame. educators are part of this issue as well
this sharing is meant to be kept internally hehe
Yes, it is indeed an obvious fact. We live in an era whereby we want to solve problems immediately. Educators are recruited to fill in the immediate vacancies.
'Fill in the vacancy first and we will worry about the rest later!'
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