PHOTOS: Best Secondary School In Nigeria? Students Of St Theresa’s College Nsukka Embrace Practical Solution To Unemployment
Education Has Gone Beyond Learning How To Read And Write In The Four Walls Of Classrooms Without Deliberate Attempts To Teach The Students Skills That Would Enable Them To Attain Self-reliance. Little Wonder A Lot Of Graduates Nowadays Are Redundant Because They Did Not Acquire skills during their secondary school days.
To curtail further increase in the number of people without jobs in the country, some secondary schools have distinguished themselves from the myriad others by adding skill acquisition in their school’s curriculum which makes it practically possible for the students to lay their hands on other tangible things other than staying glued to learning how to read and write.
Some of the skills that are being taught in schools nowadays include Shoemaking, tailoring, hairdressing, barbing, carpentry, Mason, electronic repairs, wiring, etc.
Meanwhile, some schools teach how to make soaps, cream, and cakes, as well as decoration, fashion, and design among others.
The students of St Theresa’s College Nsukka have taken their skill acquisition program to an enviable height through their determination and intelligence. Beautiful and durable footwear proudly produced by the students has triggered reactions about what the future of the country would be like when such a programme gets full support from the government and the people at secondary schools across the nation.
According to some netizens, it’s the typical kind of education that society is in dire need of amid the lack of jobs and employment opportunities for teaming populations.
They, therefore, call for support on all fronts to enable the younger generations especially those in secondary and primary school levels acquire the maximum skills required to take care of souls and bodies when they are left without zero or few alternatives.
“This is the kind of education we should encourage in Ala Igbo. Education that encourages critical thinking and creativity is the future. Ala Igbo must be great.”
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