What Do You Do With Millions of Extra Graduates?

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28062071

This is where demographics and governmental aspirations clash. It’s a bit like the rain following the plough.

Creating more graduates doesn’t necessarily boost an economy.

We need to learn lessons from this with our ever increasing further education sector.

We need to help the young develop skills that are beyond the academic. China’s economy rests almost entirely on global consumerism which makes it a long-dormant volcano; who knows when – but it will erupt.

At least here in Britain (maybe tomorrow a smaller one!) we have the opportunity to balance the population and restructure the education system before it’s too late.

As the article says…

“China’s education ministry has already indicated that it wants to turn 600 universities into polytechnics, providing more technical and employment-related courses, rather than academic and theoretical subjects.”

Will this be too little too late?

Nevil Chiles is the Managing Director of KC Tutors. www.kctutors.co.uk