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0 viewsA lot comes into making the choice of which degree/diploma you should obtain, the cost to obtain it, the availability of jobs for people with such a degree/diploma, your passion for the jobs such a qualification could get you, and the difficulty of the degree/diploma.
For quite some time I was of the idea that if I met the requirements for a degree I was automatically capable of doing it. Fast track three years later and a lot of moments of disillusion, and I’ve realised that this is not necessarily true. I’ve come to realise that one’s capabilities at high school do not necessarily translate into one doing well at university and I feel that this reality is not stressed highly enough to people leaving high school. This is why I think that intense career education is needed; to not only help the learners who at that moment have yet to make up their minds, but also to help those who have made a decision discover whether the decision they’ve made is in fact the right one.
At few months ago my sister and I had suggested to the KwaZulu Natal Department of Education that it holds a series of Career Expos for matric learners. At these Career Expos, learners would have access to information from different higher education institutions as well as qualified advisors, at their disposal. Although this suggestion was aimed at making information about the vast amount of options that exist out there available to the learners, it could also, with the help of the advisors, assist learners in making realistic decisions with regard to their future. By winning this competition it could help us jump start this plan and hopefully convince the government to lend us a hand. Please find a more detailed proposal by clicking on the link below.