Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Extra curricular knowledge

Technical universities can provide high levels of training and preparation for entry into the rapidly changing job market. Unfortunately, the focus on practical, marketable learning is often responsible for graduates whose intellectual cache is limited to their field of study.

Through field trips, discussion groups, clubs and other extra-curricular activity, especially when supported by faculty members, our students can become more than trained job-seekers; they can become well rounded individuals who are capable of critical thinking. Our main goal as educators must be to develop the whole individual, turning out creative, forward thinking graduates that can truly contribute to the future of the world economic and cultural sphere.