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Degree vs Diploma debate
mnandii
#41 Posted : Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:01:28 PM
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mukiha wrote:
A technician knows how to tighten a nut while an engineer knows why the nut is tightened by the given amount and not more and not less.

If you employ a engineer and expect her to be tightening nuts all day, you will fail.

If you employ a technician and expect him to design nut tightening systems, you will also fail.

The bigger problem we face is that many employers don't actually know the difference between the two cadres of employees.

Sad
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#42 Posted : Wednesday, January 23, 2013 5:33:33 PM
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certificates measure the ammount of knowledge that someone has invested in a particular field. Some dip holders with a passion for what they do and a liking / thirst for knowledge in their field will have invested more than degree holders hence offering better services. Unfortunately, the only way for the market in general to gauge this knowledge is through formal education/papers. Eg a nurse who has for the last 10 years researched on a particular cancer can be better than a doc who for the same period, has not put in any effort to learn new things in cancer treatment. It will be nearly impossible for the market to trust the nurse since he has no doctoral papers unless through a referral.
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#43 Posted : Wednesday, January 23, 2013 6:51:51 PM
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ChessMaster wrote:
Would you want to be a technician or an engineer?


Why would i want to tighten nuts rather than design them?d'oh!
ChessMaster
#44 Posted : Wednesday, January 23, 2013 6:56:50 PM
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Why would you want to design nuts than tighten them?
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#45 Posted : Wednesday, January 23, 2013 7:02:15 PM
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jakai wrote:
Diploma holders tend to develop sharper technical competencies in their study areas than degree holders. People with degrees plus a professional or post-grad cert will tell you the professional or post-grad certs are what actually gets them to an interview and finally to the job. In fact, the trend is that those who are engaged in some community of practice or have attended powerful conferences within or outside the country qualify better and get the job done. But why is there a problem with degrees in Kenya? it is the quality of those graduates. Most of them cant even articulate anything in straight and good english. All they can do is sing all the subjects covered in the lecture rooms.


There is a problem with the education system nowadays...... We have people who just know that 'i graduated with 1st class hons' and 'i graduated from UoN'. Once on the job, they are clueless. I am talking about technical subjects.
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ChessMaster
#46 Posted : Wednesday, January 23, 2013 7:09:29 PM
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Whats the purpose of education?
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mukiha
#47 Posted : Friday, January 25, 2013 4:19:14 PM
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ChessMaster wrote:
Whats the purpose of education?


didn't Einstein say that education is what remains after you have forgotten all that you were taught in school?
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ChessMaster
#48 Posted : Friday, January 25, 2013 4:23:22 PM
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mukiha wrote:
ChessMaster wrote:
Whats the purpose of education?


didn't Einstein say that education is what remains after you have forgotten all that you were taught in school?


Yes he did.In this case its what remains after your degree/diplomasmile
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mukiha
#49 Posted : Friday, January 25, 2013 6:13:33 PM
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ChessMaster wrote:
mukiha wrote:
ChessMaster wrote:
Whats the purpose of education?


didn't Einstein say that education is what remains after you have forgotten all that you were taught in school?


Yes he did.In this case its what remains after your degree/diplomasmile


Can we then conclude that this whole debate is moot?
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#50 Posted : Friday, January 25, 2013 6:20:43 PM
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mukiha wrote:
ChessMaster wrote:
mukiha wrote:
ChessMaster wrote:
Whats the purpose of education?


didn't Einstein say that education is what remains after you have forgotten all that you were taught in school?


Yes he did.In this case its what remains after your degree/diplomasmile


Can we then conclude that this whole debate is moot?


Yes. It depends on who is asking, and what he/she is after.
ChessMaster
#51 Posted : Sunday, January 27, 2013 5:22:59 PM
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mukiha wrote:
ChessMaster wrote:
mukiha wrote:
ChessMaster wrote:
Whats the purpose of education?


didn't Einstein say that education is what remains after you have forgotten all that you were taught in school?


Yes he did.In this case its what remains after your degree/diplomasmile


Can we then conclude that this whole debate is moot?

Agreed
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