The Government of Cameroon has done
a lot in creating so many secondary technical schools and higher teacher
technical training colleges in universities but little has been done in
equipping the workshops with tech and tools for practical lessons.
Students from these institutions
complete their courses without a solid background in practical work and so
missing the most important aspect of tech education. Most of those who graduate
from these higher technical institutions want to become teachers in technical
schools because during their period of study from secondary through university
in their various disciplines, they do not master the application of scientific
laws into practical work needless to talk of operating the technical equipment
in the laboratories.
Because access to tech and the knowledge
of use is not mastered, t hey will graduate from these institutions and have
nothing to offer to the society and most of these graduates find themselves as
teachers in society. In the course of teaching, they are often embarrassed with
questions from students concerning practical lessons as they went through
schools with no machines to operate.
These teachers are satisfied with
what they teach to their students, and specialized in the teaching of
scientific theories.
The students upon completion of
their various courses will pass the scientific theories as they received from
their teachers to the younger students in secondary technical schools and this
syndrome keeps going on year after year in Cameroon technical institutions. They
make these students believe that technology can be transferred on papers. Never
can tech be transferred on papers as skills will not be developed. Skills transfer,
employability are the paramount objective of every student who passes through a
technical institution. These skills are acquired through practical work and
help the student to be creative and innovation. If a student graduates from a
tech university in Cameroon without practical skills in the field of study, whatever
qualification he or she has is for self esteem. Cameroonian tech schools only
graduate self esteem graduates and the community cannot benefit anything from
their theoretical studies.
The most part of graduates from
tech institutions in Cameroon go to the teaching profession while few seek jobs
in companies and there are rarely those who are self employed so very little
contribution into the economy of the nation.
Cameroonians should understand the
importance of applying scientific theories and skillfully. If this is done,
they will be job creators and not just job seekers.
Look at the thousands of personal computers,
smart phones, cars, Lorries, solar panels, trucks, tractors etc in our cities
and count how many are made by our tech students.
Tobby Vision Computers in line with
vision 2063 of the African Union to develop African airspace and technical
vocational education training (TVET) trains students to be productive in the
various specialties:
·
Graphics Design
·
Administrative Assistants
·
Computer
Software Programming for Application Developers
·
Entrepreneurship
·
Computer Maintenance
·
Computerized Accounting
·
Agro Pastoral
With our partners we apply the scientific
theories that is why our graduates are job creators as they set up their own small
business concerns and are easily recruited by the private sector as they
graduate readily equipped for that sector.
