Thread by @piyush2911

So far, the educational institutes of the 20th century have had a great run in signaling certain qualities like intelligence, diligence, compliance, and conformity to potential employers. As a result...👇🧵

There is a widespread clamor among students to get themselves validated through a higher degree, as it presumably increases the probability of landing a well-paying job.
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The undercurrent of this line of thought usually gets a strong expression when students are told to score exceptionally well on the standardized test.
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As long as we don’t find any fault in subscribing to a free market doctrine — where only skills and experiences that are directly convertible to income are considered useful — the need for the education system to make itself sufficiently market aligned remains the top priority.

Should the entire curriculum be made hostage to occupational prospects existing in the current job market?
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