THE UNIVERSITY I WANT: Taking a hawk-eye look on the future of higher education, I don’t see anything good to behold With the chunk of graduates being churned out left on their own to battle with the burgeoning unemployment rate. Soon prof. kaimenyi will be here to flag off another supply of graduates to the market. The greatest advertising clients are now the universities. A lot of money is pumped into popularizing the universities and less into research and building capacity for innovations. The recent upgraded universities colleges have worsened by competing in bringing up courses that are not accredited by the professional bodies where they belong and some don’t even have the necessary infrastructure to be able to equip the student adequately. They teach agriculture but they lack a farm that has the agriculture learnt in application. They teach animal science but boast of emaciated and antiquated cattle. The rush for introduction of courses and monetary appetite has caused ceaseless mayhem in this and defiled higher education. That notwithstanding today satellite campuses have been introduced up to the village level. Although that may be good for accessibility but quality has been compromised. Haven’t you seen the lethargy in some lecturers who never appear for classes until a month to exam when they rush students with take-aways and make up classes? The student ends up researching the whole course. Others have become academic hawkers of education whereas some rejoice in the failure of their students. However our destiny is not pegged on them. Recently the school of education students got their transcripts(which will be used to make a paper called adegree) very late and their discontent could not be hidden. To many the result was unexpected with some discrepancies. When alphabetical letters which they call grades are being battered for cheap favors then quality is in jeopardy. When underhand deals and schemes entrench in a system of education then nothing can be salvaged. The universities cannot consistently boast of ejecting students who will transform the society when it has not built the capacity in its students to do so. They want job creators yet what we are taught is to work best for others, building other people’s dreams and walk endlessly in every office in need of a job. Our admissions have become too huge more than the resources available. We need exposure and that can be a good start. Few courses go for field trips that ought to be an eye opener to being entrepreneurs. we will only go as long as our capacity can hold. When I read the good book in the story of Elisha and the widow of Zarephath, the oil was multiplied up to what the containers that she had borrowed from the neighbors could contain. The oil could have continued to flow but there was no container left. It is only capacity that will help us see opportunities around us and not disasters and be able to tap into them. I think most universities should follow what others are doing in bringing up business idea incubation centers and guidance. Every university is known by the quality of its products which makes advertising meaningless. Chema chajiuza they say. The education the world needs is that which will formulate solutions to societal problems. However despite such, we can’t sit down folding our arms and wait for success to be handed to us, we can fight our own way. If you have identified your purpose keep on it if not do what you are passionate about and give your best in everything you undertake. Use well what is within you and around you. Lovely semester guys.sorry for being lengthy.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 02:59:58 +0000
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