Goog for nothing! Ruto reveals 2 university courses that are useless to the Kenyan economy

What course did you study while at college?Apparently here cources that are are useless here in Kenya. Deputy President William Ruto on Wednesday cited Sociology and Anthropology as best examples of university courses that are not useful to the Kenyan economy. Speaking during the launch of a TVET Competency Based Educational and Training Framework, Ruto said there was a need to encourage students to take technical and vocational courses that are badly needed in the Kenyan economy.

“There are over 1,000 students learning sociology and anthropology, but if you look at the requirements of the industry, how many anthropologists or sociologists do we need? We end up with graduates many of whom cannot be placed in a proper job environment,” the DP said. He also mentioned history and geography as some courses which should not be given much preference by students.

“I was a very good student of history myself, but while it is okay for historians to tell us how Vasco Da Gama came, went somewhere and discovered this, he died. We need the gentleman or the lady who will fix our sewerage system or electricity when something is wrong,” Ruto added.

Incidentally, the launch which was held at Kenya Technical Trainers College (KTTC), happened on the same day that Ruto defended his PhD thesis at the University of Nairobi.

True to his call for focus on sciences and technical courses, the DP area of study was impact of human activity on riparian land under the title: Influence of Anthropogenic Activities on Land Use/Cover Changes and Environmental Quality of Saiwa Wetland Watershed, Western Kenya.

With the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education is  just around the corner,students after the get their results  should be very wise choosing the course they are going to study at a higher level.But there is always that issue of the parents choosing  courses for their children and also that of studying a course and end up working in a totally different department.

 

 

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