{"id":4457,"date":"2018-03-20T10:09:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T10:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=4457"},"modified":"2018-03-20T10:09:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T10:09:57","slug":"school-graduates-require-access-to-better-quality-university-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/school-graduates-require-access-to-better-quality-university-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"School Graduates Require Access To Better Quality University Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Continued quality education is an integral element to the success of young jobseekers, a debate at the sixth annual Global Education &amp; Skills Forum (GESF) found.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr Arturo Condo, President of EARTH University, chaired the heated debate titled &#8216;Is a university degree the worst investment a young person can make?&#8217;, with Mr Jan-cayo Fiebeg, Venture Partner of 3B Ventures and Co-Founder of CodersTrust, and Mr Zaid Rahman, CEO and Founder of Volley.com arguing for; whilst Mrs Maysa Jalbout, CEO of Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education, and Professor Soulaymane Kachani, Vice Provost at Columbia University were against the motion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr Fiebeg led the debate stating that of the 1.5 million engineers graduating from universities in India, 80 percent of those are unemployable, making a university certificate something for parents to cherish and for social media to admire \u2013 however deeming it unnecessary and often a hindrance to youths gaining real-world experience until they&#8217;re into their twenties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mrs Jalbout rebutted stating that those with a bachelor degree earn 84 percent more in their lifetime, than someone who without one; making a degree essential, not for getting a foot in the door, but for laying the foundations for a positive trajectory to sustained success and long-term income generation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not having a university degree of his own, Mr Rahman highlighted that he has founded a successful business without a degree, stating that: &#8220;Most universities fail to return the quality of education they&#8217;re promising,&#8221; and are therefore not required.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4458 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Debate_Chamber_GESF_2018_0758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2250\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Debate_Chamber_GESF_2018_0758.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Debate_Chamber_GESF_2018_0758-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Debate_Chamber_GESF_2018_0758-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Debate_Chamber_GESF_2018_0758-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Continued quality education is an integral element to the success of young jobseekers, a debate at the sixth annual Global Education &amp; Skills Forum (GESF) found. 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