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.
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| 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.
