If a strategy by the top university to connect its students to employers comes to fruition, graduates from the University of Nairobi (UoN) may not stay on the runway for very long.
On Wednesday, August 31, Vice Chancellor Prof. Stephen Kiama of the university stated during the Dean’s Induction in Naivasha that UoN was in the process of altering its academic approach to become a human-centric institution.
He continued by saying that the organization’s operations will be centered on the welfare of the students and that it was crucial to effortlessly integrate them into the labor market.
The college will accomplish this by employing post-graduate students as adjunct teachers and connecting the remaining students to attachment and internship opportunities.
“The University must integrate students in all our activities. They must be mentored and equipped with entrepreneurship and innovation skills. Today we must give beyond what is offered in classroom
“Students should be integrated in the job market through attachments and internships. The University will hire post graduate students as part time in future. Part-timers should be people who have compassion for students,” explained Kiama.
He further noted that UoN management was still carrying out its reforms with people reforms top of the agenda.
The VC explained that governance reforms, which were noisy, are complete as well as reforms in data, finance and curriculum sectors.
“UoN needs to offer leadership to the Kenyan people, to give hope and faith to the Kenyan people with a strong sense of patriotism.
“It is a moral calling that the University will not tire to offer University of Nairobi values are aligned to the National values and principals,” he added.
UoN churns out approximately 13,000 graduates every year who join the flooded market with an ever increasing unemployment rate.
