Juffa urges education sector to promote blue collar arts & jobs
A prominent member of parliament has urged the Department of Education and the Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology to give prominence to arts and blue collar jobs.
Northern Governor Gary Juffa expressed his concern yesterday on the neglect in importance that is apparently given to jobs other than white collar jobs.
Speaking in relation to the recently abolished Outcome Based Education that was discussed in parliament yesterday, Mr Juffa said that children of today were being misled into the thinking that success is when one attains a certificate of some sort that grants a desk job.
This thinking is totally absurd and is destroying the futures of many of our children.
– Northern Governor, Gary Juffa.
Just as we need lawyers, economists and whatnot we also need plumbers, builders and artists. Music, arts and crafts are a vital part of modern society that we are lacking due to our own negligence.
He furthered that teachers and educationists around the country needed to be properly trained to motivate students to find their passions and cultivate studies that are in line with these respective students’ interests whether they be of mental of physical inclinations.
Many of our children are dropping out because we are telling them that they must become lawyers, doctors and accountants.
We have instilled a negative image in the minds of our future generations toward other equally important jobs like that of being a mechanic or a plumber.
– Gary Juffa
He recommended that a Department of Education led mechanism be sought and put in place to rectify the ill thinking that renders some jobs less important than others highlighting that every job in society is equally important.
Pay grades should not be used to measure the importance of a job.
Skills and jobs are two very different things and should not be confused.
– Juffa
He concluded his point by stating that teachers and tutors must instill a positive mindset within their students by finding out what the individual person’s strengths and weaknesses are and then helping them to capitalize on their strengths.
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