Why knowledge not found in formal education deserve more attention

THE widening gap between graduate unemployment and increase unresolved challenges in most African countries can be traced to irrelevant education from primary school all the way to university.

For example, science laboratories in the whole education system are barely equipped to solve challenges faced by communities in which schools are located.

If that was the case, laboratories in rural schools would be equipped to solve local challenges like food waste, pests and diseases that are always a menace for local farmers.

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