Abstract
Education is critical for the development of any countries the world over. In this regard, various levels of education certification have been created for the purpose of improving people’s knowledge and hence be able to master their environment. The levels are many, and include bachelor, master and doctor of philosophy degrees. Irrespective of these various degrees, the paramount question is the extent to which these degree can facilitate employability both self-employment and being employed by second part. This study seeks to find the role of master degree in creating employability. The study utilizes interview, documentation, experiential and observation as the major information collection strategies. The analysis of the findings has used content analysis, which apprehends logical reasoning through systemic thinking. It is a multi- case study design as it incorporates two districts of Mbeya and Makete. 24 workers have been subjected in the study. 11 from Mbeya city council, 9 from Mbeya district council, and 4 from Makete district. The sample has included only workers from each council who hold a master degree. Hence, the total sample was 24. This was 96 percent of the workers with master degree at these councils. Percentiles and relevant analytical tools have been used to provide required information for consumption of the entire world through analysis. The paper concludes that 2% of the interviewed indicated that master degree programs does facilitate self-employment. 12% indicated that master degree does create employment in central and local government. Generally, an average of 26.6% indicated that master degree does create employability, while 73.4% indicated that master degree program does not create employability. We therefore suggest that it is imperative for the turnaround on the programs we teach at university levels for the purpose of providing relevant knowledge which provides answers to the problems we face in our societies and thus enable graduates to have ability for self-employment and or be employed.
Highlights
Formal education is crucial for creating enlighten to the people
Is what we offer to the students sufficient to provide them with competencies required on job or other jobs that would be created for the sake of transforming the societies? If not, what should we do to improve the situation? This paper provides findings on the study that was meant to realize the relevance of Master program to the workers of district council of Mbeya city and Mbeya district councils
The findings indicate that 19 interviewee found that the master degree was very irrelevant in enabling employability of graduates. 3 interviewee noted that master degree was irrelevant. 2 noted that the master degree program was average. 2 respondent realized that master degree was relevant, and one respondent found that it was very relevant
Summary
Countries the world over have been striving at boosting education for the purpose of creating employment to the people among others. In this regard, King (2016) and UN(2017) asserts that education is crucial for the development of our countries. He adds that proper education can be weighed through its ability to create employment to the people. What is evident few literature have made a relationship on the extent to which formal education can facilitate employment in African context. What is evident is that at times our education as revealed through our graduates, does not provide answers to the challenges we face in our societies (King, 2015). The issue of concern is, to what extent the types of programs in Archives of Business Research (ABR)
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