Quality Education Must Be For A Smaller Proportion Of The Entire Population


Third world countries like Nigeria hugely hinge upon the attainment of quality education to make a good living, in terms of securing " White Colar " job.

After the end of every year, large number of people do graduate from different universities in Nigeria to join the league of the already existing unemployable ( according to Sam Egwu, former Ebony state governor) Nigerian graduates in the working (labor) market.

As a matter of fact, the population of graduates in Nigeria outstrips the number of existing jobs in Nigeria. This may be as a result of the fact that, Nigeria is not a producer nation but, a consumer one.

To prove my point, take a Census of the number of graduates produced by an average family in Nigeria yearly. Also, check how ambitious those still in the secondary schools are in terms of entering into the university immediately after their O' level( holding those that do not have the university orientation constant or and those who could not be able to train their children) .

A few with good ambition strive to attain quality education with the main objective of changing the ugly situation of their family while many without aim just struggle to gain admission into the university just because they see that it the order of the day.

These people who have no target of getting themselves into the universities constitute greater population among the unemployed youths in the working market. In fact, they are about 80% of the total population of those without jobs after school. They are the people who the former Governor of Ebonyi State, Dr. Sam Egwu, actually referred to as unemployable, while the employable ones with the population of about 20% could not find job.

This problem of Unemployment amongst Nigerian youths has contributed immensely to the incessant crimes committed by youths.

In this paper, I propose a model which could reduce such rate of crimes in Nigeria and other third world countries if adopted. The aim of this model is to make it possible for the rates of crime committed by unemployed youths be reduced to a barest minimum.

This model suggests that :

E = aX + bY + G

Where, E stands for economy of a country, X stands for those with quality education whose number is represented or measured by the parameter b; Y stands for those with just basic education whose number are measured by the parameter b; G stands for government whose contributions is autonomous.

By the model, it is assumed that those with quality education are less than or equal to those with basic education. That is to say given the inequality below.

aX < or = bY

Also, those with basic education are assumed to be employers of labor in that they have already engaged into different businesses after leaving secondary school,all things being equal.

This way, provided the government sector makes infrastructural facilities available, the population of those with quality education would be lesser or equal to the number if existing jobs in the country,hence job opportunities.

Case study is Anambra State
Imagine the number of job opportunities in Anambra State given the rising number of those with basic education who are entrepreneurs as opposed to those with quality education.

By Makasi Chinedu ( bsc economics)