COURSES YOU CAN PURSUE IN KENYA AND END UP BEING JOBLESS FOR A DECADE

COURSES YOU CAN PURSUE IN KENYA AND END UP BEING JOBLESS FOR A DECADE

ACTUARIAL SCIENCE

Rated highly in Europe, especially United Kingdom, Actuarial Science is a course that can really

challenge you in class regardless of your IQ.the course was introduced in Kenya early 2000 and since then almost half of the universities in Kenya have adopted its curriculum.

It’s a course reserved for who is who in class because it always attracts top cream in national exams. The duration for study is 4 years but that is just a foundation because you have to do professional exams in order for you to be regarded as a professional Actuary. The sad thing is that in Kenya, only a handful have completed and passed the papers.

What is heart breaking is the fact that regardless of the energy you put towards achieving the dream of being an Actuary you will still be paid less than Bachelor of Commerce graduates.

In Kenya, out of 1000 students who graduate annually only 10% are absorbed in the job market one year after graduation. The average salary for Actuaries in Kenya is Ksh 70,000 which is way below that of Accountants. As I write this more than 30% of those who have graduated from college since 2001 are jobless while 80 % of those employed are not performing roles directly related to Actuarial Science.

TEACHING

Though teaching is regarded as one of the most loved career in Kenya, many graduates have given up on the profession because of lack of available opportunities. I personally know many Kenyans who graduated with a degree in Education in the year 2000 and are still jobless. The average salary for a teacher is 35,000! This is equivalent to pocket money.

BACHELOR OF COMMERCE/MBA

Everyone in Kenya is rushing to pursue MBA or BCOM but who will employ you. Unless you want to be an entrepreneur don’t rest all your hopes in that “useless’paper”.MBA is useful when you are already employed and you are aiming for a promotion but unfortunately, with our peculiar habit, we rush to do something because you heard your neighbor do the same. According to the latest statistics only 10 % of MBA graduates secure jobs one year after graduation; majority are selling insurance products to earn a commission, others are tarmac king up to now.

Other courses include:

SOCIOLOGY

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

MUSIC

SPORTS MANAGEMENT

BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE

FOOD SCIENCE