What next after graduation; the heavily invested-in Journey by African Parents.
29 th January 2024, Makerere University is in graduation week. I am happily writing this about the event—maybe because I am part of the 74 th graduation ceremony. I share stories with many who have been pushed by their hard-earned family support, it doesn’t stop from here though, expectations of reciprocating support must be met! A total of 132 PhDs, 1,585 Masters, 156 Postgraduate Diplomas, 11,016 Undergraduate Degrees and 24 Undergraduate Diplomas will be graduating. The numbers are exciting in the country’s education effort journey as policy makers advocate for a more formal population in all markets for a proper functioning economy. I am not a futurist—that I will dive into where and how the market will absorb all this newly trained labor. But at least I can run into the deeper background and picture—more so on what it takes to graduate a kid and what expectations parents/guardians sufficiently imagine like any other ‘’investment’’ they have heavily poured resources in. ...