Article by Shujau, Ashjau, Mabrook, Asadhulla
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Introduction
It is very important to have experience in specific field of work when the people apply for the jobs. Currently colleges and universities should run apprenticeship programmes in order to prepare the students for the precise profession.
In this report we would focus on the role of colleges and
universities in providing apprenticeship programmes and preparing students for
their workforce. We would be prominence on how the apprenticeship programmes came
to life by the indication of the world measurements and the importance of these
types of programmes for students to prepare for their workforce. Furthermore we
will be looking on recommended improvements which have to apply in this area.
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Discussion
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Background of the apprenticeship programmes
Apprenticeship programmes are being
conducting in different names, different ways and different places all over the
world a long time ago. Traineeship, Internship, preparation and training are
the forms of apprenticeship programmes conducted by the colleges and
universities or other institution. Some of the famous Islamic scholars says
that this apprenticeship programmes are started in the life of Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh) as he taught the Quran to Muslims in practical. In the year 1946 Hitler issued
an order which says all the students who is in the university should join the
army and serve in a related field within the army. If a student is good in
chemistry, he has to join the explosion unit to make the nuclear weapons. The
outcomes of this method was very effective. We all have witnessed it. So after
the war many countries started to use this technique. Before there were no sign
of employers using college students in their workforces. There was no way to
get experience and work skills while studying (Apprenticeship Programs Overview,
n.d.) .
Researchers start to believe in 1956, that students need the
knowledge and the experience or the practical as well as of the field where
they are gaining the knowledge. Colleges and Universities change their way of
teaching methods in 1958 to teach the students effectively. They provide programmes
which make easy them, to understand the knowledge or the content of the text
book. So nowadays even in any class teachers conduct group works or games to inject
the knowledge to the students more effectively rather than direct teaching (Colleges,
2011) .
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Measurement or Data on how much apprenticeship programmes provided by
the colleges and universities throughout the world
Colleges and Universities try their
best to hold the demand for the students. After the year 1958 apprenticeship
programmes rating dramatically increased. Every three to four of universities
conduct real apprenticeship programmes by the help of the workplaces such as
hospitals, ministries and private offices. Most of the students are volunteer
the schools, hospitals and offices in poor country in order to gain the
experience. Over more than 21 hospitals in Africa are manage by the group of
students with the help of senior management. Every small island like Indonesia
and Maldives get 2 volunteer teachers from United Kingdom for a year to teach a
subject which they are specialized on. All over the world more than 2 million
students in biggest countries finish their Masters or education after
volunteering on an apprenticeship programmes (Ministry of Training, 2014) .
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The Role of institutions to prepare students for workforce
throughout the apprenticeship programmes
One of the main concern of global
employers is that they do not get skilled and experienced workers. When they
open a job post normally fresh college or university graduates apply and they
do not have any skills that the employer can actually use. This problem can be
overcome if the colleges and universities provide apprenticeship programmes to
their students. These apprenticeship programmes will give an overall idea
physically and mentally in the actual working field. These programmes will
prepare the students for job markets with high skills and productivity than
others for example if a student joins the apprentice programmes as a farmer
then he will be working in a real farm, learning new techniques and all the
things related to farming. Once he completes the program then he will have lots
of experience and skills related to farming. He will know how to deal with the
barriers faced to a farmer. Imagine the benefits employers will get to enjoy if
they get high skilled and productive employers through the universities
apprentice programs. There will be less production wastages, will be able to
save lots of time because there is no need to train again and also the cost of
training also can be minimized hence leading to more profit to the business (Apprenticeship
Programs Overview, n.d.) .
Each and every government gives a special importance to maintain a
healthy unemployment rate within the country. Every year lots of fresh
graduates enters the job market but a large proportion gets left out without a
job. This is mainly because of lack of skills and experience for the job.
However if universities are providing apprentice programs then it will be easy
for employers to scout for productive labours. If there are many skilled
labours coming out of these programs, then there is less chance that they will
get left out. So there will less youngsters roaming around city wasting their
precious times. Even though apprentice programmes are helping the economy
indirectly to reduce unemployment rate, we believe it is a great responsibility
of universities to conduct these programs (Persing, 2015) .
A job makes us mature and responsible. We are still young and
immature when we finish college because our eyes are not widely open to the
world our experience and decision making skills poor. Apprenticeship programmes
help students to grow their young mind and be mature. Nobody wants to be a
responsible person, especially not at a young age. But an apprentice program
helps us to start the mature process and somehow we will end up being
responsible person. During this program we have to deal with lots of complicated
situation so we will be learning from the mistakes or experience. Hence our
decision skill increase. Global society needs responsible youngsters rather
than gangs so these programs are very effective to make sure society gets what
it want (I.Lerman) .
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Recommended improvements (Recommendations)
Motivated, active, experienced workers
are made by the apprenticeship programmes conducted by the colleges and
universities. People who take the full responsibility on the job they do, were
the students who passed in those programmes. Skilled farmers, teachers,
doctors, nurses and other employers are people who take place in the apprenticeship
program at their education age. Their life got success because of the
programmes.
However students who do not go through any of apprenticeship
programmes feel difficult to work in the job. They are afraid to take the
responsibility. Some of the nurses undergo unconscious when they see blood, because
of lack of experience (I.Lerman) . So it is very
important to all the colleges and universities to provide students specific
good apprenticeship programmes. All the colleges and universities must provide
a good apprenticeship programmes for all of the students related to their field
of studying. If it is not possible to do it in the college or university,
students must to take the place where they are willing to work to provide an
excellent workforce. By agreeing on volunteering the company will be benefited
and the student will be benefited too. So it will help the company to evaluate
the quality in the student by monitoring the work of the student. It also make
the relationship between the companies and the institution (Persing,
2015) .
As a result the college or university will receive the trust of the companies
in different forms, such as money fund, training sections, experience worker as
a lecturer etc. If the college or university is fail to provide an
apprenticeship program in specific field, they should stop teaching the subject
to give the chance to the students to join a college or university which
provide that type of program (Colleges, 2011) . The most important
role the colleges and universities should play on this, is to provide an
excellent, perfect apprenticeship programmes for the students according to
their studying. For example medical student should be present few operations
under a supervisor. Educational students should go to classes to take the
lessons and so on (Persing, 2015) .
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Conclusion
In a very short and sweet summary, expanding
apprenticeship is a potential game-changer for improving the lives millions of
people and for increasing the efficiency of government finance spent on
developing the workforce (Persing, 2015) . Apprenticeship
programs yield far higher and more-immediate impacts on earnings than community
or career college programs. College or University graduation rates, especially
for low-income students, are dismally low (Ministry of Training, 2014) . Even after graduating,
they often have trouble finding a relevant job. Participating in apprenticeship
programs rarely lose earnings and often earn more than if they had not entered
an apprenticeship. Furthermore, apprentices are already connected with an
employer and can demonstrate the relevant credentials and work experience
demanded by other employers. Finally there are net gains flowing to employees
from apprenticeship programmes (I.Lerman) .
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