Graduates may spend extra year in school,find out why

The Minister of State for Education, Prof.
Anthony Anwukah, has put forward a proposal
for Nigerian students to spend extra year in
specialized institutions after graduation to make
them employable.
This was during the ongoing Retreat for
Governing Councils of Nigerian Federal
Universities, organized by the National
Universities Commission (NUC) with the theme,
“Elements of Statutory Governance, Procurement
and Financial Accounting in Nigerian Universities.”
He said the suggestion was being made because
many university graduates were not good enough
to be employed by industries.
“Law students attend Law School for one year
before going for NYSC and medical students go
for one year Houseman ship before they are
allowed to practice fully, so it will be necessary
for other courses to also go through this
process,” Mr Anwukah said.
“The Lagos Business School can also serve as a
one year after-school training,” he added.
The further stated that the industrial traing that
was introduced into the University system to
bridge this gap has failed in doing that.
Reacting to this, Professor of Developmental
Education, University of Abuja, Prof Salisu
Ingawa said that is not the solution and it may
never work due to the fact that it will be cost
intensive and may take a long time to be
implemented.
Also a professor of communication at Bayero
University Kano, (BUK) Prof Umaru Pate said it
might be difficult but that, it is ideal but the
implementation is going to be problematic.
Prof Pate said the industries to absolve the
graduate when they come may not be readily
available and that could mean that the candidates
would have to line up for them to be absolved.