Varsities must focus on skills acquisition –Minister

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The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr.

Ali Pantami, has urged universities to emphasise more on skills acquisition than paper qualification, adding that such will make graduates self-reliant.

Pantami said this at the inauguration of ICT Incubation Park at the Gombe State University built by the National Information Technology Development Agency. He said, “In developed countries, less preference is given to paper qualification, more attention is paid to skill acquisition. Paper qualification is supposed to be a validation of the skills acquired. It is the skill that does the work not the paper.

“I have been engaging my colleagues in the federal executive council to join hands together to give less preference to paper qualification and focus more on skills acquisition. “By producing graduates with skills, we are producing potential employers because graduates with skills focus more on entrepreneurship, while graduates without skills focus on government employment. They don’t have the skills to be entrepreneurs, self-reliant.”All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.

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Anything later than 7 for my class even window seat you no go get EndSARSBrutality EndSARS

this man looks like a clown...

So why are we now going to school ooo daddy minister 🤷🤷🤷🤷better still you ought to be in your village farming

And who is going to provide that?

You mean this terrorist?

Mk we kuku leave d skul go acquire skill na 😏😏😏

Very foolish man. Nah skill turn your to minister. How many skill has your kids learnt abroad. Nah God go punish u and your oga

Help me tell this Minister to fuck off The useless Man that has kept me at home for more than 7 months

Is this man alright, na skill mk u minister? Which skill ur pikin know? Oya minister turn lecturer come teach dem skills

This minister is simply sick and simple, shebi na if varsities get funds go provide resources to resolve this

Minister of windows 7.. Analog brains

Skill in which university? universities that doesn't have enough chairs, abi the ones that have students that hasn't gone out for service and new ones are still being admitted, making a class that supposed to have 150 students Maximum collect 400student, una no let dem sabi,Abegi

The same skill acquisition you’ll kill us for when we start doing well. You people disgust me🤮🤮

Varsities must be well funded as well, don't leave that out. EndBadGoveranceInNigeria ENDBADGOVERNANCE EndSAR EndSARS

Then after skills acquisition and after NYSC saed programmes - what's next? Back to the street.. Obinna wey no go school wey go learn trade. After five years, Obinna don marry, get pikin, buy car, rent house, get business, get sales boys. You go con begin carry file upandan.

aproko_doctor this man wan resemble you o

Lmao, as per education itself don cast These people are legit telling us to not depend on education anymore, they’re not planning to make things better in that sector

Yet you guys send Agberos to kill EndSARS protesters.

Smiling,if you acquired the skills,are you going to render your services for poor people,the level of poverty have rised above normal in this country.

when and how

I support you Minister. The educational system of this country is crippled. Most masters student and PhD students don't even do quality research. Even the so called Profs.(some) only got to that position due to promotion and incompetent journal publications. We need a reform...🤗

So we are in school to acquire skill abi to learn how to create skills.. EndNigeriaNow

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Every reply must go with EndSARS ENDBADGOVERNANCE

Nice opinion. But I think our 'oga at the top' wants us to be farmers...

When we EndSARS we will talk about this

Tbh

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