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Karleb:


I studied it because I loved it.

Biochemistry is still one of the most interesting course any one can ever study.
It's rich and keeps you wanting more.


But all these qualities can't bring food on anyone's table.

This is the truth that teenagers will never understand until they are over 30. Even someone that doesn't WAEC wants to become a nurse or a doctor. My advice to youths is to seek for courses that are practicable and have high demand in the labour market. Some courses sounds fancy but the demand for them is too low e.g microbiology, biochemistry, Economics, etc

Karleb:


I studied it because I loved it.

Biochemistry is still one of the most interesting course any one can ever study.
It's rich and keeps you wanting more.


But all these qualities can't bring food on anyone's table.

This is the truth that teenagers will never understand until they are over 30. Even someone that doesn't WAEC wants to become a nurse or a doctor. My advice to youths is to seek for courses that are practicable and have high demand in the labour market. Some courses sounds fancy but the demand for them is too low e.g microbiology, biochemistry, Economics, etc

galantjoe:
Based on my 15years practical experience during job interviews on what employers really want, the following courses if well studied can always fetch you food on your table.
1. Medicine and surgery
2. Pharmacy, becoming certified
3. Law and becoming barrister
4. BSc nursing and having RN
5. ancy, becoming chartered or knowing your onion.
6. Computer science, knowing your onion
7. Computer engr. Knowing your onion.
8. Civil, machanical, chemical engineering, knowing your onion
9. Architecture,
10. Applied art
11. Music
12. Food science, technology, nutrition and dietetics
13. Actuarial science
14. Mathematics with finance/IT or applied maths with options computing, finance, analytics, etc
15. Physics with options in practical Engineering, technology, mechanics, electronics, computing, IT, ETC.
16. Chemistry with option in. Practical engineering, paint production, industrial uses, etc.
17. Education options in English, local languages, science education, technology, etc.

Good list.
Quantity Surveying & Electrical (in addition with Electronics) Engineering should also be there.

Alexaonfleek:
Abeg remove that music from there ooo.
I don't understand how someone will use 4 years as an undergraduate to study a course like that.
Most top musicians we have or we had,how many of them studied music

Some Nigerians are gullible and foolish though. Check great Musicians and see which school they finished from. People think Wizkid abi Davido are Musicians?
There's no Nigerian musician that can beat the like of Fela whose albums is still sold today even 23 years after his death. Now tell me who can beat this feat. Is music a gbangbandindin?

galantjoe:
Based on my 15years practical experience during job interviews on what employers really want, the following courses if well studied can always fetch you food on your table.
Agriculture is the Boss
1. Medicine and surgery
2. Pharmacy, becoming certified
3. Law and becoming barrister
4. BSc nursing and having RN
5. ancy, becoming chartered or knowing your onion.
6. Computer science, knowing your onion
7. Computer engr. Knowing your onion.
8. Civil, machanical, chemical engineering, knowing your onion
9. Architecture,
10. Applied art
11. Music
12. Food science, technology, nutrition and dietetics
13. Actuarial science
14. Mathematics with finance/IT or applied maths with options computing, finance, analytics, etc
15. Physics with options in practical Engineering, technology, mechanics, electronics, computing, IT, ETC.
16. Chemistry with option in. Practical engineering, paint production, industrial uses, etc.
17. Education options in English, local languages, science education, technology, etc.

It is quite unfortunate I didn't see Agriculture related fields here. You must be joking for putting engineering there. Don't annoy me abeg.

Cetacean419:

It is quite unfortunate I didn't see Agriculture related fields here. You must be joking for putting engineering there. Don't annoy me abeg.

You re right.
Agriculture should be the first course. It was a big omission.

But I do see graduates of agriculture staying unemployed or be looking for underpaid job. Whereas there are a lot of options for self employment in agric business or sector.

biochemistry! this one weakens my bone! initially I was doubting of going for medical lab despite the fact that it remains 2½ years to complete my bsc in biochemistry

galantjoe:


You re right.
Agriculture should be the first course. It was a big omission.

But I do see graduates of agriculture staying unemployed or be looking for underpaid job. Whereas there are a lot of options for self employment in agric business or sector.

I will not blame them. Everybody is after Jobs but few people are after creating it. If it was not for the money I had being saving when I was in school I would have been a very broke ass.
I studied engineering but now I am an Agriculturist into livestock and crops. It is a matter of interest sha. All those times money was spent on frivolous things can go into something better like acquiring an asset that wasn't prone to diminishing.
I bought 2 plots of land 2011 inner Lagos for 350k. When I moved to a bigger Land, I sold it for 2.57 million in 2016. You get what I am talking about? Thinking out of the box ain't quantum physics. Now I have my diploma in Agriculture and Livestock Management. There are ups and downs. I know people who studied Horticulture which is supposed to be a branch of Agriculture and they are doing well it is a matter of consistency.
I see some of my mates working in Belema oil, Schlumberger making all sorts millions but they don't have time. I rake over 300k after taxes and salaries have been settled every month. Just upgraded my staff to some 35k and 40k. Agriculture is good since it ain't saturated. The rest courses are subservient.

Bodyodour:
Does english language has high employment rate?

Capital YES

Cetacean419:
[b]
I will not blame them. Everybody is after Jobs but few people are after creating it. [/b]If it was not for the money I had being saving when I was in school I would have been a very broke ass.
I studied engineering but now I am an Agriculturist into livestock and crops. It is a matter of interest sha. All those times money was spent on frivolous things can go into something better like acquiring an asset that wasn't prone to diminishing.
I bought 2 plots of land 2011 inner Lagos for 350k. When I moved to a bigger Land, I sold it for 2.57 million in 2016. You get what I am talking about? Thinking out of the box ain't quantum physics. Now I have my diploma in Agriculture and Livestock Management. There are ups and downs. I know people who studied Horticulture which is supposed to be a branch of Agriculture and they are doing well it is a matter of consistency.
I see some of my mates working in Belema oil, Schlumberger making all sorts millions but they don't have time. I rake over 300k after taxes and salaries have been settled every month. Just upgraded my staff to some 35k and 40k. Agriculture is good since it ain't saturated. The rest courses are subservient.

This is one of the reasons for unemployment in Nigeria. We have the orientation of being job seekers but not job creators. Another problem is that the view people who are interested in creating jobs don't have the financial capacity. Government have been given us capital in the media but not in reality.

To drastically reduce unemployment in Nigeria, government should borrow one million youths one million naira each. Loan not grant.

Cetacean419:
[b]
I will not blame them. Everybody is after Jobs but few people are after creating it. [/b]If it was not for the money I had being saving when I was in school I would have been a very broke ass.
I studied engineering but now I am an Agriculturist into livestock and crops. It is a matter of interest sha. All those times money was spent on frivolous things can go into something better like acquiring an asset that wasn't prone to diminishing.
I bought 2 plots of land 2011 inner Lagos for 350k. When I moved to a bigger Land, I sold it for 2.57 million in 2016. You get what I am talking about? Thinking out of the box ain't quantum physics. Now I have my diploma in Agriculture and Livestock Management. There are ups and downs. I know people who studied Horticulture which is supposed to be a branch of Agriculture and they are doing well it is a matter of consistency.
I see some of my mates working in Belema oil, Schlumberger making all sorts millions but they don't have time. I rake over 300k after taxes and salaries have been settled every month. Just upgraded my staff to some 35k and 40k. Agriculture is good since it ain't saturated. The rest courses are subservient.

This is one of the reasons for unemployment in Nigeria. We have the orientation of being job seekers but not job creators. Another problem is that the view people who are interested in creating jobs don't have the financial capacity. Government have been given us capital in the media but not in reality.

To drastically reduce unemployment in Nigeria, government should borrow one million youths one million naira each. Loan not grant.

What Are those that studied library science... That is the most stupid course followed by philosophy, banking and finance ( we have tons of banking softwares) ing ( tons of ing software)


You are right

Great one, Thanks.

Karleb:
According to this Link Nigeria's unemployment rate is 27.1 percent while Nigeria's under-employment rate is 28.6 percent. That is, more than 50 percent of Nigerians are either completely unemployed or grossly underemployed (they get paid little for doing so much).

If you are Nigerian student hoping to further in any tertiary institution of your choice, do not study a course just because you like it.

The only reason why you should study any course should be because of its employability rate. Ask yourself, if I study Biochemistry for example, will I get a job. How many people in the past few years have gotten a biochemistry job?

Jambites are found of going to school to study courses with fancy names but many of these courses won't get you a job or a well paid job after graduation.

Another mistake Jambites make is rushing for Medicine, Law, ancy and other courses in their leagues. Why would apply for medicine when you know you'll probably never meet up with the cut of mark? Let's be candid, a high percentage of Nigerian student are average (including myself). It will be absolute foolishness (for a lack of better word) if an average student keep wasting their precious years in search of ission into law.

There are other non-celebrated courses out there that'll fetch you money, Computer Science, Music, Food and Nutrition amongst others fall into this category.

Gone are the days when a certificate guarantees a job. These days what guarantee you a job as a graduate (or anybody else) is connection, your money or your skill.

Most people don't have money to buy a job, most are not connected but most people can have a skill that'll make them financially independent and that is what you as a student should leverage on before becoming a graduate.

Learn a skill that'll fetch you money.


Regards,
A concerned unemployed graduate.

this is just a black mans way of looking at things. if you study biochemistry why will you be looking for a job ? lets dissect it. biochemistry is the study of the chemical components of all biological entities and so if i study biochemistry why can i not alter the chemical components of say a fruit or a vegetable and create another more potent product that will make me a billionaire ?

Cetacean419:

I will not blame them. Everybody is after Jobs but few people are after creating it. If it was not for the money I had being saving when I was in school I would have been a very broke ass.
I studied engineering but now I am an Agriculturist into livestock and crops. It is a matter of interest sha. All those times money was spent on frivolous things can go into something better like acquiring an asset that wasn't prone to diminishing.
I bought 2 plots of land 2011 inner Lagos for 350k. When I moved to a bigger Land, I sold it for 2.57 million in 2016. You get what I am talking about? Thinking out of the box ain't quantum physics. Now I have my diploma in Agriculture and Livestock Management. There are ups and downs. I know people who studied Horticulture which is supposed to be a branch of Agriculture and they are doing well it is a matter of consistency.
I see some of my mates working in Belema oil, Schlumberger making all sorts millions but they don't have time. I rake over 300k after taxes and salaries have been settled every month. Just upgraded my staff to some 35k and 40k. Agriculture is good since it ain't saturated. The rest courses are subservient.

You are right, people just graduate and think of salary instead of paying people salary ....

I want to learn a skill buh no money to learn, what do i do?

True talk from OP.
Better still, throw that paper aside & get a skill.
I'm even seeing drop-outs doing great in the field.

FahBuLous:
I want to learn a skill buh no money to learn, what do i do?

What type of skill you are interested in?
Is your desired skill related to your course of study?

But that's what's up in Nigeria

lekki1444:
this is just a black mans way of looking at things. if you study biochemistry why will you be looking for a job ? lets dissect it. biochemistry is the study of the chemical components of all biological entities and so if i study biochemistry why can i not alter the chemical components of say a fruit or a vegetable and create another more potent product that will make me a billionaire ?

It's so easy to know that you didn't study biochemistry.

Karleb:




It's so easy to know that you didn't study biochemistry.

i actually did it as a
part of my program

Really I don't know where and how to start but as long as our curriculum is still the same which has made us job seekers rather than job creators, many of the courses will be useless. Our curriculum is of the 20th century and that is why u will here jambites saying' where will I work after graduation?' I teach in Kazakhstan and a times when you ask the students what they want to study, they call courses like translation, deg etc of which in Nigeria, na OYO we de. The first solution is to change our curriculum

Cool

This is very true

galantjoe:
Based on my 15years practical experience during job interviews on what employers really want, the following courses if well studied can always fetch you food on your table.
1. Medicine and surgery
2. Pharmacy, becoming certified
3. Law and becoming barrister
4. BSc nursing and having RN
5. ancy, becoming chartered or knowing your onion.
6. Computer science, knowing your onion
7. Computer engr. Knowing your onion.
8. Civil, machanical, chemical engineering, knowing your onion
9. Architecture,
10. Applied art
11. Music
12. Food science, technology, nutrition and dietetics
13. Actuarial science
14. Mathematics with finance/IT or applied maths with options computing, finance, analytics, etc
15. Physics with options in practical Engineering, technology, mechanics, electronics, computing, IT, ETC.
16. Chemistry with option in. Practical engineering, paint production, industrial uses, etc.
17. Education options in English, local languages, science education, technology, etc.

Everywhere onion...

Izz like onion is the new Bitcoin truly...

I'm studying Law tho

Ishiewo:
Abeg, is Economics marketable in Nigeria?

Abeg, Nothing is marketable in Nigeria these days.

Karleb:
[s]According to this Link Nigeria's unemployment rate is 27.1 percent while Nigeria's under-employment rate is 28.6 percent. That is, more than 50 percent of Nigerians are either completely unemployed or grossly underemployed (they get paid little for doing so much).If you are Nigerian student hoping to further in any tertiary institution of your choice, do not study a course just because you like it.The only reason why you should study any course should be because of its employability rate. Ask yourself, if I study Biochemistry for example, will I get a job. How many people in the past few years have gotten a biochemistry job?Jambites are found of going to school to study courses with fancy names but many of these courses won't get you a job or a well paid job after graduation.Another mistake Jambites make is rushing for Medicine, Law, ancy and other courses in their leagues. Why would apply for medicine when you know you'll probably never meet up with the cut of mark? Let's be candid, a high percentage of Nigerian student are average (including myself). It will be absolute foolishness (for a lack of better word) if an average student keep wasting their precious years in search of ission into law.There are other non-celebrated courses out there that'll fetch you money, Computer Science, Music, Food and Nutrition amongst others fall into this category.Gone are the days when a certificate guarantees a job. These days what guarantee you a job as a graduate (or anybody else) is connection, your money or your skill.Most people don't have money to buy a job, most are not connected but most people can have a skill that'll make them financially independent and that is what you as a student should leverage on before becoming a graduate.Learn a skill that'll fetch you money.Regards,A concerned unemployed graduate[/s].

This is a very stupid advice.

Advice like this is what is killing the country.

Instead of encouraging people to follow their ion, you are here killing dreams just because you want to focus on employability.

Why will you be focusing people on getting a certificate to get a job meanwhile you and I know that these so called white-collar jobs are becoming quite inexistent as the days go by?

Don't you know that it is much more easier to create a job out of ion (entrepreneurship) than any other thing else in the world?

Besides, people need to think out of the box.

Just because you studied civil engineering doesn't mean that you can't go into software development!!!

Instead of encouraging diversity in specialization, you are here talking nonsense.

Bia nwoke m, you should better take your time o!

Nonsense.

But wait oo. Doctors, nurses, lawyers no dey find job. I have never seen anyone of them unemployed. My thought though.

so we r suppose to study what we don't like. Atigbo

Cetacean419:

I will not blame them. Everybody is after Jobs but few people are after creating it. If it was not for the money I had being saving when I was in school I would have been a very broke ass.
I studied engineering but now I am an Agriculturist into livestock and crops. It is a matter of interest sha. All those times money was spent on frivolous things can go into something better like acquiring an asset that wasn't prone to diminishing.
I bought 2 plots of land 2011 inner Lagos for 350k. When I moved to a bigger Land, I sold it for 2.57 million in 2016. You get what I am talking about? Thinking out of the box ain't quantum physics. Now I have my diploma in Agriculture and Livestock Management. There are ups and downs. I know people who studied Horticulture which is supposed to be a branch of Agriculture and they are doing well it is a matter of consistency.
I see some of my mates working in Belema oil, Schlumberger making all sorts millions but they don't have time. I rake over 300k after taxes and salaries have been settled every month. Just upgraded my staff to some 35k and 40k. Agriculture is good since it ain't saturated. The rest courses are subservient.

This is the same thing I tell people. Agriculture isn't saturated. Most of the few people who study agriculture were moved there against their choice. So many may end of not using the certificate. Only a few really want to do agriculture which makes them hot cakes to agricultural firms.

Why struggle for ission for a useless course like biochemistry when you can get ission to study agriculture with a jamb score as low as 170 and you'll not even have competition when job hunting.

galantjoe:


You re right.
Agriculture should be the first course. It was a big omission.

But I do see graduates of agriculture staying unemployed or be looking for underpaid job. Whereas there are a lot of options for self employment in agric business or sector.

I think the reason why most people aren't self employed in agriculture is due to cost

lekki1444:
i actually did it as a
part of my program

You borrowed a course from biochemistry.

I did it for 4 years.

Ask yourself, why do you think it took billions of dollar investment, a lot of genius scientists and upto a year to discover a cure with 90 percent efficacy for COVID-19.


Why do you think HIV has no cure today despite the number of seasoned scientists working on it and this project is back by billions of dollars.

The earlier comment you made is a something a child would say. No offense.