The criticisms that followed were strident, with the argument that reducing university education to producing workers is a narrow conceptualisation. That the purpose of higher education cannot be contracted and confined to producing hands for the labour market. Higher education should lead to higher level thinking, creating individuals with capacity to conceptualise abstract ideas and manipulate the environment to improve lives. Notwithstanding the theoretical frameworks used in analysing the state of university education, there is a problem that requires resolution. Social sciences are vital for a country confronted with challenges such as ethnic division, crime, and social disorder.

Source: Daily Nation November 05, 2018 08:32 UTC