For me, I would say education and skills should go hand in hand. The world we live in today already demands that you be educated and also have a skill. What I'm saying is, we're not at a time when someone gets to choose between both. Nah, both should go hand in hand.
Education is very good and I will understand with those who might say it's just better to focus on it. But you will as well agree with me that having a certificate doesn't mean you have hands-on knowledge of something. Practical skills, in short, are very, very important. While you earn a certificate at the end of your academics, it is good to as well have a practical skill too.
And learning a skill before you graduate will definitely help you to have something you can fall back on later after graduation. Even before you graduate, it will help you navigate a lot of things in school. It helped me sort some bills while I was in school too. And there are a lot of skills you can learn today, either digital skills or the likes of tailoring, catering, hairdressing, and many more. I have friends who benefited a lot from their skills when they were in school, and they are grateful for learning them even till now.
Also, it is not so necessary for a student who learned a skill to turn it into a business while in school, like some of us did. But having that knowledge will help the later after graduation. There's the issue of unemployment; that's one part of life after school. It is not a curse, but not everyone will get a good job after finishing school. And that is where your skills come in handy. Most jobs today even require or ask for some skills you possess.
But then again, I feel I want to bend a little, and that is for those pursuing a career in professional programs. Even still, I feel there should still be certain skills they can learn or even learn one before getting into a higher institution at all.
What I'm just saying in essence is that it shouldn't be education vs. skills; nah, it should be education + skills.
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