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The
days when people went to school and looked up to government for automatic
employment are gone. Those were the days
in the nation when the colonial masters wanted indigenous and educated people to
fill positions colonial administration. The
post colonial era also required educated citizens to fill the vacant positions
created by the departing colonial officers. This created a scenario that once one
acquired western education, one would find employment in the civil service.
Moreover,
there were very few professional courses available in tertiary Institutions in
the country then. Consequently, no skills were imparted to the students apart
from the ability to read, read or to interact. Therefore most people ended up as
teachers, clerks and interpreters.
Today,
the civil service can no longer absorb all those that have acquired some levels
of education. This raises the level of unemployment in the country. The
unemployment rate has continued to swell with its attendant social problems.
There
is therefore the need for Nigerians to develop their inert potentials to become
skillful products for self reliance.
Education
is supposed to broaden one’s horizon where one with creative abilities can
prepare one to be able to take initiatives.
Robert
Coram, an American educationist once said that the education is the
instructions of certain rules and standard that they will be able to support
themselves when they come of age and no the obligations that are under in that
society of which they constitute a part.
This
implies, while one is supporting one’s self based on the education received,
one is also expected to fulfill some obligations to the society.
Unfortunately,
some people tend to depend solely on the government and the society without
their corresponding contribution to the society. This should not be so.
It
is high time, people stated engaging their inner resources to become self reliant.
The government has put in place skill acquisition centers and is encouraging
young people to go into agriculture and making it interesting through provision
of finances and incentives
Also, the government is encouraging people to form cooperative societies where resources are pulled for productive ventures
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