South African government investment in education must begin in an early stage
of a child education. It is not only money that serves as an investment in
education, yet it is needed to push the needs like resources available. Most
kids in rural areas don’t know what they want to do after graduating from
high school because they do not have an inspiration in a form of career
guidance. They need counselors to help them face their life challenges of daily
bases. One would say, when asked what they want to do after schooling, they
would say “they want to travel to Johannesburg to look for jobs”. Our
government working with all departments in education must ensure that they give
proper guidance to scholars as early as Grade7. After kids have graduated from
high school they must be given opportunities to explore various fields in
tertiary education. And our government must surely invest there with loads of
money that would return to uplift the SA economy status. South Africa is
running at a shortage of skills, not they are not available, it just that they
are not searched. The department of Education must then ensure that after they
have finished their diplomas or degrees they attain their certificates from the
university or college. That would put them in an employable individual’s
position. Most of graduates do not get their certificates after finishing their
courses because they owe universities a lot of money of which they are unable to
pay back. Afterward the statistics would say South Africa has a high rate of
unemployed youth and most of them have no skills. It all began at an early
of a child education. It is not only money that serves as an investment in
education, yet it is needed to push the needs like resources available. Most
kids in rural areas don’t know what they want to do after graduating from
high school because they do not have an inspiration in a form of career
guidance. They need counselors to help them face their life challenges of daily
bases. One would say, when asked what they want to do after schooling, they
would say “they want to travel to Johannesburg to look for jobs”. Our
government working with all departments in education must ensure that they give
proper guidance to scholars as early as Grade7. After kids have graduated from
high school they must be given opportunities to explore various fields in
tertiary education. And our government must surely invest there with loads of
money that would return to uplift the SA economy status. South Africa is
running at a shortage of skills, not they are not available, it just that they
are not searched. The department of Education must then ensure that after they
have finished their diplomas or degrees they attain their certificates from the
university or college. That would put them in an employable individual’s
position. Most of graduates do not get their certificates after finishing their
courses because they owe universities a lot of money of which they are unable to
pay back. Afterward the statistics would say South Africa has a high rate of
unemployed youth and most of them have no skills. It all began at an early
stage of negligence.
Simphiwe Sithole
[Mtubatuba]
(Appeared on Zululand Fever Fidray26 August 2011 Issue)
