Some people think that universities should provide graduates with the knowledge and skills needed in workplace. Others think that the true function of the universities should be to give access to knowledge for its own sake, regardless of whether the course is useful to an employer. To what extent do you agree or disagree.

Some people think that universities should provide graduates with the knowledge and skills needed in workplace. Others think that the true function of the universities should be to give access to knowledge for its own sake, regardless of whether the course is useful to an employer. To what extent do you agree or disagree.

                     

Professional Course or Academic 

As more and more people have started regarding education only way to securing a healthy and stable career, many have started proposing elementary changes in the ways varsities treat education. The section thinks that it would better if varsities taught only those subjects which were required in specific professions and trades as chosen by pupils.

Getting a job after completing the studies is on the top priority of a majority of student community so most of them want to grab those skills which could help them secure choicest jobs faster with the best of companies. It is therefore firmly believed that it would be highly conducive to gain expertise in those areas where the employers have a severe requirement. Gaining technical knowhow and developing finesse in specific fields can help in polishing the skills, thus helping the people in getting jobs faster since their skills would easily match the requirements of companies looking for skilled workers.

Moreover, making education employer requirement centric would bring around numerous for companies hiring personnel as the hiring organizations would not have to allocate expansive financial outlay to task of training the workers for the specific jobs. The money saved would enhance the productivity of the companies and also enable them to extend more financial benefits to their workers.

Nevertheless pursuing and imparting education as per employer requirements has its own hazards as the needs of companies keep changing; and relying on a specific trade area, also within a domain, would make the workforce specializing in a specific area redundant; this would eventually result in large scale unemployment. 

To sum up, I personally believe that the notion of imparting education as per professional aspirations, and avoiding other subjects, is full of faults; and it should never be put into practice.