Some people think that universities should provide graduates with the knowledge and skills needed in the workplace. Others think that the true function of a university should be to give access to knowledge for its own sake, regardless of whether the course is useful to an employer. What, in your opinion, should be the main function of a university?

Many are of the belief that providing skills along with knowledge to graduates is the responsibility of universities, while others consider that university is the place from where an individual can get only knowledge rather than the ability, which is required for the market. In my opinion, though knowledge is essential, there are some other skills which can enhance the competency of graduates by providing useful course related to workplace according to the employer’s need.

Knowledge is essential for graduates to create better understandings. Because knowledge is the gateway to learn that how the things interact with each other, it enables us to think differently. For that reason, mostly universities prefer to give fundamental influence instead of providing other soft skills, which can allow the students to learn the abilities according to the market needs that how to solve the problem practically.

However, the access to knowledge is not enough to teach workplace related skill. In other words, knowledge can only provide the background, while skills can help us in practical approach. For instance, university of the Oslo conducted a study, in which they concluded that universities taught skills along with knowledge produced 75 % effective graduates than the graduates who only possessed degrees without acquiring the skills.

In conclusion, though knowledge has crucial role to educate the students, the skills are also essential, for enhance the competent numbers of graduates for the employers.