Skill Acquisition in Nigeria: A Necessity or A Choice.

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4 years ago

This post is a Command as well as an advice but first see it as an advice before seeing it as a command.

Education has always and will always be the key contrary to the view of most youths. The place of an educated person cannot be taken with levity hands in this 21st century.

On a yearly basis, millions of Nigerian Youths put in for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board popularly known as JAMB as a means of going further in their education. Although only some selected few get in eventually it's a joy to be selected.

The educational system in Nigeria has worsened and continues to worsen as time progresses. This is a country that gives first place to those that have connections more than those that went through the right channel.

That is the reason why there is the need for Skill Acquisition. Most of Nigerian Youths know this to be a hand craft. For example: Barbing, Fashion Designing, Bead making but Skill Acquisition goes a long way from that.

We all know that this is the digital or Jet age. This means that in the next couple of years Skills that will be relevant will be skills like; Coding, Graphics, Digital Marketing...to name a few.

The importance of acquiring a skill is numerous but let me state a few.

  1. It gives you the edge as a learned person.

  2. It opens your eyes to the harsh realities of the country

  3. It limits your dependency on Government Job

  4. It helps you with a side hustle

My dear indepth readers..

Take this as an advice as well as a little command: Learn a skill and not just a skill but a relevant skill because it will help a lot in the future.

Till we meet again..Yours in KeyPad..Psamy✍️

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It is good to acquire skills even if that's not part of your study you should still try to learn No knowledge is lost What ever we learn will be of help one way or the other in the near future

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4 years ago

Thank you for your comment Sir 👍

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2 years ago

Acquiring a certain skill or as many as possible is highly advisable. Just as you rightly said the academic system without doubt has worsen and has started to crumble. Most youths today no longer care about the country but to make money and enjoy life. They see academics as something irrelevant and our leaders aren't helping matters, every person now has or is looking for a side hustle. To me I feel that it's we the youth who can change this country given we change our mind set, making academics and lots more something of true prestige. Still it's better to have side hustle just in case.

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