Certificates won’t guarantee jobs, seek alternative skills – JAMB Registrar, Oloyede advises students 

Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised Nigerians on learning, unlearning and relearning to navigate the challenges of information age.Oloyede gave the advice on Thursday while delivering the 10th and 11th Convocation Lecture at the Kwara State University, Malete.He spoke on: ”Learning, Unlearning and Relearning: Prerequisites for the Digital Age”.He said the imperative of learning, relearning and unlearning cannot be over-emphasised as the tonic that gives vitality to successful living in today’s Information age.”Graduation is not the termination of learning, but the beginning of learning and a matriculation into the university of life.”Those who can learn, relearn and unlearn are the successful ones and those without the mindset that accomodates the triad are bound to perpetually lament.”New opportunities will emerge in the high tech sector and many skills that were not otherwise thought in traditional schools would be needed.Degrees would no longer be sole guarantors of jobs but demonstrable skills will,” the JAMB registrar said.He added that the onus lie on everyone to get prepared for the challenges of the Information Age by taking life long learning seriously and being willing to change as circumstances unfold.”Remember that learning, unlearning and relearning are the compasses that will guide you in the uncharted territories of Digital Age.”As youths and graduates in the 21st century, learning is not limited to the four walls of the university.The mindset of a successful graduate is that of a perpetual learner, and you must be receptive to new knowledge and ideas as they come.