The Interdisciplinary Chronicles 126

The traditional schooling system has greatly failed in achieving its purpose in a modern world. It doesn’t teach young people how to become independent and self-reliant. My journey is an inspiration to provide the passion and desire for lifelong learning. Globally, schools are still continuing to play the most strategic role in educating the future generation. They are confronted with a greater variety of young people and children with a plethora of skills ranging from language skills, general skills, learning disabilities etc. In addition, there have been changes in young people’s attitude towards schooling and teachers, especially with the evolving technological space. Teachers no longer play an authoritative role as the case of the past. I still believe that genuine private initiatives especially in the field of social entrepreneurship and civil society are flexible enough to surmount these challenges and deliver opportunities for youth beyond the school system.

On a personal basis, seventy five percent of the competencies that have enabled me to brand and position myself in the world of work weren’t taught or learnt in school. Meaningless academic professional programs keep cropping and claiming to be a panacea to the job and work puzzle. Again, we still have many more young graduates looking for jobs. Who then is going to create these jobs to absorb the immeasurable quantities of graduates? Even when few jobs are advertised, the entry conditions are too tight to absorb fresh graduates. In the present fast-paced technological world, the secret for most young people would be to create personal opportunities rather than go looking for them. ?In the next chronicle, I will be delving on critical issues related to the world of work and interdisciplinary learning.