Online Reporter
Knowing what degree, you want to pursue after high school is crucial for setting a clear path toward your future career, choosing the right college and courses, and potentially securing a better job.
It helps you make informed decisions about your education and career goals, increasing your chances of long-term success and satisfaction.
Why this is important
Informed Decision-Making
Understanding the various degree programmes helps students make choices that align with their interests and abilities, reducing the risk of choosing a programme that doesn’t suit them.
Strategic Planning
Knowledge of degree programmes enables students to plan their post-secondary education more effectively, setting goals and working towards them proactively. You know whether you should do arts, commercials or sciences subjects. These days you see students doing sciences, when they are not good in sciences or commercials. There’s a misconception that you can’t make it in life if you do arts subjects.
Career Awareness
Exploring different degree programmes can expose students to various career paths and help them understand the skills and knowledge required for those professions.
Reduced Risk of Drop-Out
Informed choices about degree programmes can reduce the likelihood of students dropping out due to dissatisfaction or lack of alignment with their interests.
Enhanced Motivation
A clear understanding of the opportunities available after high school can motivate students to excel in their high school years and pursue their chosen paths.
Most students don’t know the universities in the country and different programmes that are offered by these universities. They wait until results are out and start asking around good degree programmes. Others end up following what their friends are doing. This has a negative bearing in the future.
You can as well enrol at Polytechnics, vocational or Teachers College. Know yourself.
Know your strengths and what you want to do in life. Good courses are offered at polytechnic and vocational colleges around the country. These days it’s about skills and most polytechnic and vocational colleges offer these skills.
Parents should not force students to do what they are not good at. Parents have a habit of wanting their children to do what they did or failed to do. As a parent, guide your child properly. Seek guidance and direct the child accordingly.
Dr Manners Msongelwa
+263 771 019 392 Teacher/ Coach/Author
