Some people believe that university education should focus on the skills of employment for the future. Others think they should focus on academic study only. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

In

this

day and age, in order to compete in the dog-eat-dog world, it is imperative to acquire necessary

skills

related to the

job

market. Resultantly, whereas some individuals claim that tertiary education should give more concentration on providing with the required

skills

of

employment

, others contend that universities have the only responsibilities to deliver better academic study to students. I, too, wholeheartedly feel that the main purpose of higher studies is to gain deep and broad knowledge in a certain field. Inasmuch as nowadays

job

candidates are facing difficulties to manage a decent

job

down to not having the required techniques of

employment

, it is thought by some that higher education must work on to impart those

skills

to pupils. To be more precise, if a student does not know the practical

skills

that usually are applied at every workplace, it is

next

to impossible to get a suitable

job

despite having good credentials. To cite an example, 85% of candidates having a high CGPA cannot get a

job

immediately after their graduation only because of lacking the necessary

skills

.

Therefore

, it is paramount to focus on

skills

of

employment

. Plausible though it may seem that without

job

-related

skills

it is not possible to embark on a career, a university’s topmost task is to provide high-quality education rather than launching vocational programmes.

In other words

, a student admits into a university with a view to broadening the knowledge acquired at the school and college level, facilitating in applying those insights at the workplace smoothly. As a consequence, if universities start to focus on other aspects rather than on academic studies, there is a high chance of producing low-quality

job

candidates. On the flip slide, insofar as

skills

required for

employment

can be learned from other sources,

such

as training, voluntary work and suchlike.

Hence

, universities should only focus on their academic programmes. In conclusion, admittedly, practical

skills

are decisive for

employment

but these can be achieved from doing other activities.

Thus

, I unequivocally buttress the stand of focusing only on the study curriculum.