The federal government may be
considering a mandatory extra year of studies for Nigerian students before
entering the labour market.
Anthony Anwukah, minister of
state for education, made this known at a two-day retreat for governing
councils of federal universities in Abuja on Tuesday.
The proposition came on the basis
that higher institutions are not producing graduates qualified enough to be
employed.
Themed ‘Elements of Statutory
Governance, Procurement and Financial Accounting in Nigerian Universities’, the
retreat aimed to address the challenges of the education sector.
“Law students attend Law School
for one year before going for NYSC and medical students go for one year
Housemanship before they are allowed to practice fully, so it will be necessary
for other courses to also go through this process,” Daily Trust quoted Anwukah
as saying.
“The Lagos Business School can
also serve as a one-year after-school training.
“The universities are producing
products that are not matching the needs of the industries. I urged the
committee of pro-chancellors and committee of vice-chancellor to end the
decline in the standard of education.”
Anwukah said the Students
Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) to give students experience that
would supplement their theoretical learning has failed. He said the project was
“not working”.
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