i believe both is needed to survive in this hard country.

Get a uni degree n also a skill, u need both to survive in life.

I rather be a palm wine tapper than a university degree certificate holder. Ask me weda certificate na job. Certificate nobi paper?

Nwa Teacher: I rather be a palm wine tapper than a university degree certificate holder. Ask me weda certificate na job. Certificate nobi paper?

are sure your dad will be proud of u on this.

dilbert100: hand work....experience is better than a piece of paper.

Does that means d degree I'd irrelevant?...

Kslib: 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...

In ur theory that's if I'm nt wrong, d level of unemployment is caused bcuz youths in naija r nt ready to take d 1st steps bcuz of uncertainty?

Very good thread.

I'll say HANDY WORK is skill for life and job for life whereas degree is also good.

I've seen lots of people in UK dropping City job for handy work, it's the best form of job, everything goes round you, make 100% of profit unlike degree or working for someone.

I must say I regret not learning BRICK LAYING, MECHANICS & many more handy trade before leaving Nigeria rather than wasting many yrs on bloody JAMB before gaining admission to UNILAG.

Our society is full of mess and no regards for trades but they play important ROLE in the society and having the MOST SENSELESS LEADERS ON THE PLANET do not help as they are clueless in all area.

Pls Observe your society and learn a trade that's need all the time.

Some of the WHITE BOSSES DO NOT ATTEND UNIVERSITY but they control over 500-1000 worker in my office they are well paid, even a bus driver is respected in the society.

mama-gee:
I think at this point, I'll say none of the above.

Why?

shymexx: 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...

I'm sure U didn't read about d numbers of PH.D's, Ms.c n Bs.c that applied as truck driver for dangote.... If U did, U won't ve made ur above point....

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

With d trends now... Which future 'll that be?

omotola1: Folks that learnt handiwork have built their houses, university graduate can‘t even boast of a plot of land.

In essence, handiwork is preferd rite?

OkwaIfugo: hand work far better.

Why?

afam4eva: Handwork mos def.

Why?

kevoh: 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.

The point is... D high level of unemployed graduates( d future docs, engineers, accountants... Etc) out there.... That's d issue...

I think d bottom line is to be self-employ...How can u said Bricklayer or Canpeter are dey employ will be richer than me, being an Architect. I think I ve work for someone b4 but just few months. I know of lady with First class, she work with d GTBnks for few years and resign. like play,play she learn fashion Design frm her mother while in school. Bros, If u see d way dis Lady package her profession(Fashion designer)U just cant drop coins but good cash for her product....their is a thin line between fool and wise.

It Is suppose to be three options,Hand work,degree and dagbo!

Until we al realize that education is nt about certificate,but ow widely u read,expose we ar we'l keep deceivin ourself.cert my foot,read widely on or off school n den u cn say u ar educated-

i'm oposin schoolin thou,but do ur research u'l discover dat people even abroad ar more confortable doin handwork,especial canada,ustralia etc.i'v a hav a uncle wo once in d u.s ARMY,wit cert but nw a driver in d state,nw own 3houses in naija we cars and livin fine.

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phineboy1pimple: 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?

I dey even regret why I did not learn a handwork like fixing laptops or smartphones - I pity all this khaki wearing now your suffering continue people- NYSC pple I dey laff dem sometimes I wish if they see the true nigeria dem go quit school go hussle - our educational system is rubbish there is suppose to be a one year vocational training before university -

Tex Oviawe: It Is suppose to be three options,Hand work,degree and dagbo!

Looooooooooool!

ebankole: Until we al realize that education is nt about certificate,but ow widely u read,expose we ar we'l keep deceivin ourself.cert my foot,read widely on or off school n den u cn say u ar educated-

U knw d norm here in naija.... No matter hw widely read or broadened ones horizon is... D 1st question ppl will ask U is "where did U study"?...

if u want to be rich, dont go to school

Rigging: if u want to be rich, dont go to school

How will that help?... Can U enlighten us a little?

ebankole: Until we al realize that education is nt about certificate,but ow widely u read,expose we ar we'l keep deceivin ourself.cert my foot,read widely on or off school n den u cn say u ar educated-

Thank you my guy ! Many people tend to mistake ones passage through institutions of higher learning as being "educated", whereas it is not, one can pass through formal institutions of higher learning and yet not informed . An uninformed person is an illiterate ; informed person is educated . One way to become informed is through self-education . Note : formal education can only make you a living ; self-education will make you fortune . However , I'm a proponent of sound basic ( primary to secondary level )formal schooling/education.

Wetin man go do sef ! Make we go learn work be dat shaa !I tire ooo !

Na wa.
The Nigerian environment has battered people through and through

leonshom: Wetin man go do sef ! Make we go learn work be dat shaa !I tire ooo !

Eyaa.... Y u no jst look 4 biz wey ppl no too too dey do 4 ur area?.... And wey no require too much money to start....

AjanleKoko: Na wa.
The Nigerian environment has battered people through and through

What do U xpect?.....

Both are better b'coz each of them has is own merit/demerit.

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