By Our Correspondent
The vice-chancellor, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu Ode, Prof. Oluyemisi Obilade, has charged policy makers in education to de-emphasise policies which produce only white-collar job seekers.
He said there was the need for them to place emphasis on vocational education, which could produce employers of labour rather than job seekers.
She said while briefing newsmen on the institution’s forthcoming 10th anniversary and its combined 6th and 7th convocation.
She said, at present, Nigeria’s education system was still producing job seekers than job providers, and this lapse, she said “TASUED has been able to tackle, by offering their students vocational skills as well.
“In Nigeria, we place wrong attitude in our youths. We place so much emphasis on producing youths that go looking for white collar jobs after graduation.
“But here in TASUED, we have reversed that. We have established the Centre for the Entrepreneurship and Vocational Studies, to further equip the students against unemployment challenges in the country.
“The uniqueness of TASUED is that our graduates are issued two different certificates; one in their primary course of study and the other in vocational skills.”
