Most Nigerian graduates are unemployable - Prof. Charles Soludo

Imagine a graduate of computer science who cannot use microsoft package talkless of writing a computer program
Some cannot even identify a processor or RAM
Some of the graduates I interviewed cannot express themselves beyond their name
Reading the CVs of some graduates make you wonder if they ever had tertiary education
Most of the courses offered in our institutions are outdated

THE ROLE OF STUDENTS
Students should stop the blame game and take responsibility for their life
Use your IT and SIWES period to acquire practical knowledge and skill
Attend as many seminars, workshops and training as possible
Invest more in practical knowledge and skill more than you invest in gadget and fashion
Read books, get a mentor and improve yourself

THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
Government should improve our school curriculum
We should include practical skill and update our courses
Lecturers should be equipped to give practical knowledge
Infrastructures should be provided across all institutions
There is need to invest more in education as much as we invest in entertainment
Most developed countries usually engage people who run businesses to lecture in schools and provide real life experience

PARENTS has a role to play
They should stop registering their children in special exam centres
They should stop giving bribe to lecturers to promote their children
Encourage them to study and invest in their education
Enrol them in training program beyond the classroom

PRIVATE ORGANIZATION AND RELIGIOUS BODIES
Private companies should focus more on higher institutions for their CSR
Religious bodies should invest in education in anyway they can and as much as they can
Government alone cannot do it

MY ROLE
Instead of just complaining
I decided to setup a youth development centre
Where undergraduates and graduates can acquire practical knowledge and skills that will make them relevant while in school and after school
I have trained several batches of NYSC members on starting a business and how to increase their value

Let us stop the blame game and take necessary action

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