CAREERS‐ORIENTATED EDUCATION

There is today a great deal of criticism of the present examination system; on the one hand there are the educational theoreticians, who believe that most curricula are too specialized, and on the other the students who say that many courses are irrelevant to their needs. Possibly the fundamental fault lies in the attitude of mind of both the student and the educator, more particularly the latter. At all levels the examination is regarded as the terminal point and all studies are directly related to the final examination. In the present environment such an attitude is bound to create a mounting tide of dissatisfaction — not only amongst the educators and the students, but also in the worlds of art, commerce and industry who are, after all, the main users of the products of the system.