WHAT WENT WRONG?

university is a place were people or students get an opportunity to further their studies.Most student call university" mom dad cannot see me."they see it as an opportunity to explore different substances or find themselves,what about the death of students, is it the university's fault or the students fault? universities provide councelling and they educate their students with every difficulty or challenges they may face.universities accomodate each and every student from different backgrounds and they try by all means to support their different needs.
these are the difficulties students may find themselves in:

• alcohol abuse
• drug abuse
• unplanned pregnancy
• peer preasure
• money or finance problems

what is the solution to this problem that affects our nation and our upcomming presidents

HOW MUCH ARE PARENTS WILLING TO INVEST IN EDUCATION

A typical township parent will throw a party for a four year old child but have they thought about their childs future and a prediction of how much it will cost, they willing to spend thousands of rands for a birth day partythat their child wont even remember at the age  of 19 when they off to study further at university/college but can't  because of no funds and therefore blame the government. parents can afford the lattest labels and gadgets for their kids but how many of their kids go to private schools or that pay their own tuition without any financial assistant from government. what message does it send to their kids and what does this say about society. how many of our well known celebrities who have children talk about how important education is?

The willingness of a household to invest in education is affected by a number of factors which

vary considerably between Member States and even vary down to the level of individuals http://ec.europa.eu/education/pdf/doc274_en.pdfhttp://ec.europa.eu/education/pdf/doc274_en.pdf

Parents are urged to start saving now for their children's tertiary education in order to give them the best chance of overcoming the cycle of unemployment and poverty afflicting the country

which one is more important?

IS EDUCATION REALLY THE KEY TO SUCCESS?

Government policies provide the funds to study but do not necessarily provide platforms for one to enter the work place as a student via internship programs. After grueling years of blood, sweat, tears, sleepless nights all seemingly place a student with the idea that all efforts are in vain in trying to find a big break or opportunity in the field of study. The Joint Initiative for Priority Skills Acquisition (Jipsa) and The Accelerated Growth and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (Asgisa) have not managed to alleviate this issue at all. Instead, most graduates, specifically from the Humanities, are left destitute with an oversaturated job market forced to emigrate with their skills (Pauw, 2006: 4). Government red tape placed at every corner stone where there are proposed opportunities makes it near impossible to be granted a position to harness skills attained whilst completing the degree.http://www.elle.co.za/intern-at-elle/   The researchers identified various reasons why students remain unemployed after graduating. ‘‘The wrong types of graduates are being produced; there too few technical graduates,’’ the report stated http://ipsnews.net/africa/nota.asp?idnews=47427

Unemployment among South African graduates grew from 6.6 percent in 1995 to 9.7 percent five years later, according to a 2007 working paper titled ‘'Graduate unemployment in the face of skills shortages: A labour market paradox'’ by the University of Cape Town's Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU). The unit researches labour markets, poverty and inequality.
This translated into 36,000 jobless people with degrees and 165,000 unemployed holders of diplomas and certificates.

WHO TO BLAME?

The level of unemployed graduates in South Africa displays a cause of urgent concern for South African Government. High School students coming from both advantaged and disadvantaged backgrounds that have been granted the opportunity to study have been automatically placed in a predicament where finding work may just as challenging as completing the degree itself. Universities, Technical Faculties and Colleges annually send thousands of young and hopeful graduates into South Africa’s job market, in hopes of finding work in their field of study.

It is unfortunate that graduates have to face the fact that government cannot provide jobs or working experience.why should student study while there is no work?

A daunting, startling, and unsettling reality awaits most undergraduates. The gap displayed between the funds provided by government by financial aid schemes and loans to study and not being able to find a job to repay these funds back to the supplier (whether it be a local bank or government) poses a challenge that many South Africans are facing.An important question is:

is it  the governments fault that the unemployment rate is so high?