Radical change needed to education policy

http://www.thestandard.co.zw/letters/28577-radical-change-needed-to-education-policy.html

Zimbabwe Africa has one of the highest literacy rates in the country but is struggling with unemployment rates for these college graduates.  The education ministry has received the highest amount of money in National budget since their independence.  Zimbabwe has one of the strongest economies in Africa but no one is working.   Graduates are not working in their specialized fields rather what they can find.  There are high rates of prostitution and drug dealing.  These graduates are getting fed up with not being able to find jobs so they move on to something else.  Officials are worried it is a waste educating when these students don't use their degree.   They need more investment that creates more jobs.

I have noticed that the same thing is happening in the US today.  I have a feeling it is around the world and not just in Zimbabwe and the US.  It is very difficult to find jobs post college so people are getting jobs in what they can find and then they keep them.  I know many graduates who have jobs but aren't working or using their degree at all.  With student loans being due starting six months after graduation it is hard to not find some sort of job while you are looking for professional jobs.  People just need to remember that they need to keep searching for these professional jobs while they are working at other jobs.  I can understand it would be hard if you get a serving job and make good money and then find your professional job and you might not make as much money, especially starting out.  We need to remember why we are going to school and to keep improving the world with our education.