With the number of graduates ending up in unskilled jobs, should people just learn a trade instead of
wasting time and money getting degrees they might never use?

Hand work is better in Nigeria,you are guaranteed a job.
Nevertheless university education is necessary.

k2039: Hand work is better in Nigeria,you are guaranteed a job.
Nevertheless university education is necessary.

For?

k2039: Hand work is better in Nigeria,you are guaranteed a job.
Nevertheless university education is necessary.

For?

k2039: Hand work is better in Nigeria,you are guaranteed a job.
Nevertheless university education is necessary.

For?

phineboy1pimple:


For?

Respect

k2039:
Respect

And what will that do to ur needs?

globally university degrees doesnt make one rich but it does provide a platform for one to achiev whatever he desires in life. my opinion is that one need both university degree and vocational training (handwork) to survive the hash socioeconomic environment in the country.

joker5180: globally university degrees doesnt make one rich but it does provide a platform for one to achiev whatever he desires in life. my opinion is that one need both university degree and vocational training (handwork) to survive the hash socioeconomic environment in the country.

Don't U tink its time wasting?... D time used getting a degree in cud ve bin used bettering d handwork....

hand work....experience is better than a piece of paper.

'Ph.Ds is good bt Ph.does is better' - Proshare

Handi work is better,but some of us prefer going to school rather,cos we are scared of taking the risk, forgetting that most successful people are risk takers...

Whichever gets you the most money, IMO

Depending on the field of activity in question. And the so-called vocational trades are not really generally well-remunerated, are they? My tailor (or fashion designer, if you will) makes money,but do tailors generally do so? My mechanic (or automobile technician) is good, and has been in the business for amlost 20 years, and I believe he earns a decent income, but how many of them do you see affording the cars they repair? my barber (or hair grooming specialist) rips me off at 400 bucks a cut, but I don't think that all barbers do that well. My plumber (or piping specialist) is very, very good, but despises plumbing and went to part-time university to get a degree (in agricultural engineering). I think that the vocational trades are not as well remunerated in Naija as they are abroad.

It's depends on where you live..

In the UK, University Degree is pretty useless now except you're a professional...

I don't know about Nigeria - however, judging from the way Nigerians brag about paper qualifications and the fake bigman mentality, University degree should be better in Nigeria...

Degree in naija is just for the future, but the real thing now is hand work, those guys are even more richer than graduate

All of the above

Folks that learnt handiwork have built their houses, university graduate can‘t even boast of a plot of land.

It doesnt matter what you do,na to get food feed your family be the thing. Whether prof or whatever wey you be.

Both are better, if you have the resources get the Uni degree, if you have the time, learn some handiwork, both are equally useful. Uni degree would give you an edge over other contemporaries who fall under the same field or line of business as regarding your chosen handiwork.

"No knowledge is a waste but an unapplied knowledge is a great waste, if it is not applied when needed" ~~~~Cornelius Ibiolorun

Cyberknight: Depending on the field of activity in question. And the so-called vocational trades are not really generally well-remunerated, are they? My tailor (or fashion designer, if you will) makes money,but do tailors generally do so? My mechanic (or automobile technician) is good, and has been in the business for amlost 20 years, and I believe he earns a decent income, but how many of them do you see affording the cars they repair? my barber (or hair grooming specialist) rips me off at 400 bucks a cut, but I don't think that all barbers do that well. My plumber (or piping specialist) is very, very good, but despises plumbing and went to part-time university to get a degree (in agricultural engineering). I think that the vocational trades are not as well remunerated in Naija as they are abroad.

You sound like a very wealthy personality. You patronise only professionals,thats nice. Meanwhile,nairaland is proud of you!

U need degree to guide u from what's right & wrong but doesn't guarantee success while handy work 'll serves as advantage, so both.

hand work far better.

ahhhhhh Nah hand work ooo.. ask them yahoo boiz

Education helps to enhance skill or training,it also add swagg somehow to your personality.
You can't compare Ashawo wey go school to the one wey no go school,in terms of service delivery.

Cyberknight: Depending on the field of activity in question. And the so-called vocational trades are not really generally well-remunerated, are they? My tailor (or fashion designer, if you will) makes money,but do tailors generally do so? My mechanic (or automobile technician) is good, and has been in the business for amlost 20 years, and I believe he earns a decent income, but how many of them do you see affording the cars they repair? my barber (or hair grooming specialist) rips me off at 400 bucks a cut, but I don't think that all barbers do that well. My plumber (or piping specialist) is very, very good, but despises plumbing and went to part-time university to get a degree (in agricultural engineering). I think that the vocational trades are not as well remunerated in Naija as they are abroad.

It all depends on the individual. Many of them are comfortable with the income they make. Some ain't and they tend to do better. Your barber can actually own 4 barbing salons if he chooses to. Its all about the entrepreneur spirit in the individual

Handwork mos def.

I hate this kind of dumb comparison. None is better than the other. It's like a laptop, take away the keyboard and you definitely can not work alone with just the monitor or take away the monitor same thing happens you can't work alone with the keyboard. It is more of a symbiotic relationship.

Not everyone is supposed to learn a handiwork and leave the University degree aside, who will be the doctors,the engineers, the lawyers, the IT specialist e.t.c and not everyone is supposed to earn a degree compulsorily who will be the carpenter, the tailor, the roadside vulcanizer, the barber, the hairdresser e.t.c People have to provide for the needs of each other in order to sustain a continued existence in our world.Can a barber do the work of a doctor? Or an engineer do the job of a tailor?
While some can actually do both if they have the opportunity.

So please stop this unnecessary comparison,please.