@mujuaji
Yes i would gladly recommend a BA for my kids by the way myself is a product of a BA . And guess what if given a second chance I will go for the same without regrets. Majority of degree courses in Kenya is either BA or BSC but both has different specialization.

@ wendz
Mistakes noted.

Dr. Leaky and the Millions he was making would beg to disagree with you..



From what I've seen with some of my friends from the more developed parts of the world, we're the ones getting the order wrong... You should start by finding yourself "going on your own" even before deciding on a course..

Eti would I encourage my kids to take up BA... Yes.. If they have passion for it I can assure you, they will not end up selling insurance.. and by the way I know of several classmates who took up the relevant courses (comp sci, bcom et al) who are also selling insurance and loans.. If they're passionate about those jobs, they should have taken up ... marketing...

I have this friend who took up BA communications then started a consultancy.. a one week's corporate training on how to enhance communication, he charges 3M!!!

One of the necessary conditions of entrepreneurship is a very hard head which not too many possess

Two questions:
1]Why do universities exist?
2]Why do people go to study at university?

If you want to study a course that will prepare you for a specific job, then do NOT go to university!!

University is for those who think beyond jobs.

Think about it: have you not seen people studying, say, chemistry, and later becoming accountants? Does that mean that they wasted time with chemistry? Should they have simply enrolled for an accounting course after secondary school?

Some may say yes; the time spent studying chemistry was wasted, but others might say no. I stand with the latter. The chemist who eventually became an accountant did not waste time studying chemistry.

You will be amazed at the amount of similarity between chemistry accountancy....when these two are mixed in the right kind of brain.

Thatcher studied chemistry at university.
Wilfred Kiboro Civil Engineering
Michael Joseph Electrical Engineering etc etc.

Exactly!
They did 'irrelevant' things. Like what has chemistry got to do with national and international politics? did it help in Falklands crisis?

What exactly are 'irrelevant' courses?

@ misdemeanour, the interview will sort them out. who ever gives generic, text book responses, then huyo ni ish ish. Do you want ish ish?

bkismat,

No. I am in total agreement with you. What one studies should not restrict him/her. It should, like it did those in your list, open ones perspectives.

I am still waiting to be told by the proponents what are the 'irrelevant' courses......

I agree with Sage, Kenya Ly... na Mkiha:
1. Our kuandikwa mentality is eating into our vision of the bigger picture of the Kenya we want Vision 2030. We need creative minds that will think beyond the job. We need technicians, book keepers, welders who will build our roads (not mere engineers who end up as mechanics/spanner boys). These skills are acquired at village polytechnics etc not universities.
2. Universities should be for people who are prepared to be our visionaries, thinkers. Whether in chemistry, botany, history or fine arts. We must divorce the market (job) mentality from intellectual excellence.
3. We risk being a society obsessed with "papers" and certificates and passing on this job mentality to our children. Look at our young men for Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Ali Mazrui and you'll feel frustrated with our education system.
4. We must refrain from measuring success using money as the yardstick, its not the money that a career brings that matters but rather the satisfaction it brings.

5. We must learn to ignore Ruto and the likes of Mjuaji wa stocks.

an inlaw of mine just want his eulogy to carry many titles..he is 56.