Jango
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Awesome!
did you get a chance to ask the farmer, the black-smith, a carpenter, the mechanic, the tailor, the carpet-weaver as to "what kind of young workers would you need next year and how should our education system make sure we provide you with top quality workers".
did you get to ask the apprentices working with the farmer, the black-smith, a carpenter, the mechanic, the tailor, the carpet-weaver,
as to what do they really need to become top quality farmers, or black-smith, or carpenter, or mechanic, or tailor, or carpet-weaver?
peace
I didn't ask them about what they would need for their business, just what they would want for themselves...their children, their family.
Almost none of them wanted their children to go into schools above matric. They were wanting to tow them down towards farming, electrician etc. Maybe it's just because they couldn't afford it. There is one school in our village which is uptil 10th. FSc school is farther away and not many people send their children to study.
But the culture is slowly changing...now a University of Gujrat bus comes into our village, there are a fair few people there who are studying there, my uncle (PhD in economics from Wuhan university, China) teaches there. Alot of other skilled worker is also present.
Then the people next door sent their 2 children to university, one is a teacher in the local school.
So trends are changing, slowly but surely. But alot more needs to be done still.
BTW< the folks in my village are mostly farmers, some are IT workers and some do other small stuff.