University Courses Must Put Food On The Table For Graduates – Ebonyi Gov, Nwifuru Mulls Overhaul Of Education Sector

The Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru, has raised concerns about the quality of courses in the nation’s universities and higher institutions.

According to him, society today doesn’t need most of the courses people study at the university; therefore, after leaving school, they don’t get jobs or employment because they are not required.

The governor said in this current dispensation that university courses should be designed in ways that can put food on the table for graduates and also make them self-reliant.

Speaking on Thursday during an interview on Arise TV Morning Show, Nwifuru said the society is tired of graduates who are not self-reliant because they are unskilled.

The governor, therefore, revealed plans to overhaul the education system in the state, Naija News learned.

He said, “We are overhauling education in Ebonyi State. And when it comes to education, I believe in practical education. I’m a graduate of Building Technology, and in building technology, everything revolves around practicals.

“I believe that the kind of education we should venture into is the type of education that should put food on our table. It’s not when you are taken to the laboratory, you won’t be able to analyse some chemicals or do separation technics.

“So it gives me a lot of worry, and that’s where I think we are getting it wrong. And so, in Ebonyi State, we are overhauling the education system – from the secondary to the university level.

“The courses that our university must offer are courses that must put food on the tables of graduates of such disciplines. Severally, I have asked myself what are the job opportunities of many of the disciplines or courses our universities offer. There are no job opportunities because the society does not need many of the courses our people do today.

“Our society needs courses that can put food on our table, make our graduates skillfully positioned, make our graduates self-reliant, well equipped and self-employed. That’s what our society currently needs. I have told the vice-chancellor all this. When I graduated, I never looked for a job, and that was what put me where I am today.”