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The purpose of university education is to open minds. People who want job skills should go to polytechnics. You can also study for a degree in the humanities and train to be carpenter or mechanic at the same time as accountants do.
Education in Africa is still based on the colonial elimination system set up to select “nyapara” (overseers). It inculcates a culture of entitlement to civil service and managerial jobs. Problem is population/education expansion has outstripped the “nyapara” cadres.
KNBS data: university grads are 3% of pop, unemployment is high but thats because they are young, and unemployment is a youth problem. But public discourse is all about graduates— entitlement mindset.
Memo to grads: The elite privilege economy is not coming back.
Memo to grads: The elite privilege economy is not coming back.
