Universities should be concerned with educating people so that they have wide general knowledge and be able to consider important matters from an informed viewpoint, and not simply prepare students for jobs required by society.
To what extent you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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I fully agree to the viewpoint that Universities should be concerned with educating people so that they have wide general knowledge and be able to consider important matters from an informed viewpoint, and not simply prepare students for jobs required by society. We must remember that a student of today is the leader of tomorrow.
“Life is a continuous learning process” and a university is an institution for the purpose of imparting highest quality of education for the progress and development of the student. This would lead the community to progress, development and prosperity.
Human society requires universities – they are an essential part of our civilization, our educational provision, our search for new knowledge and our civic life. Universities teach subjects in great depth and detail. Teaching is done by individuals whose knowledge and insight may be the best in the world. However to study is the responsibility of the student. The lecturers are there to guide and assist but not to direct. At its best, it is about the passing on of general knowledge and information and the training of a mind to think in a different way. The skills that are obtained will not only enable the student to perform a high-level job well but also enable him or her to consider important matters from an informed viewpoint differently than the mass. The acquisition and analysis of data, the construction of a lucid and robust argument, mechanisms for defending that argument and how to communicate it effectively, increases student’s confidence in his or her own intellectual capabilities.
For many students, their courses at university are giving them technical skills which will be essential for their chosen career - engineers, doctors, nurses, computer programmers, scientists, lawyers. These insights will help develop a desired career.
In nutshell, universities should educate people so that they have quite a wide general knowledge and information so that they are able to consider important matters from a well informed viewpoint. Not to forget that “Students of today are the nation builders of tomorrow,” University education should not be simply subjective; it must be objective.
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