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Varsity Don Calls For Curriculum Reform To Make Graduates Employable

by Adebayo Waheed
2 years ago
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A Professor of Economics Education at the University of Ibadan, Segun Olugbenga Adedeji has charged managers of higher education to think of curriculum reforms that will prepare graduates with quality skills and attributes most sought after by potential employers.

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He noted that market driven skills such as motivation, critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills, the ability to work independently and also in groups and teams, as well as confidence building and adaptability that were needed in the labour market are in short supply in higher education graduates.

Delivering the 533rd Inaugural lecture of the University of Ibadan entitled: “The Nigerian Higher Education System: The Twin Problems of Inadequate Funding and Graduate Employability”, Adedeji said that higher education institutions, particularly the universities must prepare the students to be problem solvers, to meet the challenges of a changing world and to help students to improve their knowledge and skills to meet the demands of employers and the dynamics of the workplace.

 

 

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The inaugural lecturer observed that universities should not be held accountable for the devastating war that unemployment is waging on the productive capacity of the youth, adding that the absorptive capacity of the economy also comes into play in determining the rate of employment of even the highly employable youths.

 

 

 

He suggested that a multi sectoral and tripartite approach, between the government, the institutions, and parents and all stakeholders should be put in place to nip the hydra-headed problems facing the higher education system in the bud.

 

 

 

 

 

He recommended that there should be an increase in public and private investment in higher education while higher education institutions should be allowed to develop a mechanism to promote diversity within the institutional landscape as against the present centralisation of programmes.

 

 

 

Adedeji also recommended that there should be improved industry-university collaborations, while universities should, as a matter of urgency, strengthen the student industrial work experience scheme across programmes in the sciences, and practicum for arts related courses.


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