Omoteso<\/a> made the disclosure at the 2019 edition of First Class Muslim Graduates\u2019 summit held at the Islamic Centre of the University of Lagos.<\/p>\nAt the event themed, \u201cPursuing your Goal\u201d, were over 79 first class graduates from different universities across the country.<\/p>\n
Omoteso while speaking, revealed that, at the end of every academic calendar, several Nigerian institutions, from government to privately-run universities produced hundreds of first class graduates but many of them found it difficult to secure jobs years after graduation.<\/p>\n
He said many of the first class products were not equipped with necessary tools that will make them succeed after graduation.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of the tools include short internship\/placement during summer breaks and volunteering in relevant organisations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese include supporting students on CV writing, crafting of their personal statements, preparing students for interviews\/assessment centre activities, etc, providing research assistantship opportunities for outstanding students. Institutions should also liaise with employers for life projects to which students can contribute, with dual-supervision.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the key elements we are incorporating into academics in the West is graduate employability.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmployability and entrepreneurship skills are really important for students before they graduated from Universities. Like someone asked a question that they have got the degree but because they have not got the experience, it\u2019s becoming difficult for them to secure jobs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn\u2019t going to be so if the University incorporates employability and entrepreneurship skills in its academic curriculum. There would be opportunity for volunteering whereby organisations would liaise with the University to take students for internship for three to six months, either before or immediately after their graduation. The experience they have gathered during the period would add to their CVs. It has to be a collaboration between \u2018The Town and the Gown\u2019 if you see what I mean. That would help them a lot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Omoteso recalled that in his days at the University of Lagos, students who graduated with first class were retained and offered jobs as Graduate Assistants, adding that, \u201cthey will use the opportunity to build on their profile and determine whether to stay in academia.\u201d<\/p>\n
He called on the government and the Nigerian universities to be serious about the employability for their students, adding that they were talents that shouldn\u2019t be wasting away.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s another thing we can do, and of course, the Universities can also do that for their students. In our University (at UK), we guide our students on how to write CV, how to excel at interviews by conducting mock interviews for them, assessment centres activities for them and real experts from the industries come and conduct this for them so that when they are going for interview or are applying, their chances of getting in would be enhanced.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you look at the percentage of the budget that goes into education, it is shameful compared to other sectors and compared to the allocation for education in the budgets of other countries, particularly in the West. We\u2019ve got to take education seriously in terms policy implementation and that is one of the challenges ASUU has got with the Federal Government. We\u2019ve done a little but there is room for improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Pro-Chancellor and Dean of the College of Business, Law and Social Sciences at the University of Derby, United Kingdom, Professor Kamil Zakariyya\u2019 Omoteso, has said lack of employability and entrepreneurship skills are among the major reasons many first class graduates can\u2019t secure jobs after graduation. Omoteso made the disclosure at the 2019 edition of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":17162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[808,1068,797],"class_list":["post-17158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-education-in-nigeria","tag-omoteso","tag-university-of-ibadan"],"yoast_head":"\n
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