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Posted by: Benjamin Onuorah

I have been reading a lot on social media suggesting that education has lost its value and is a waste of time.

This is actually a myth, likely stemming from a lack of understanding about what education is truly meant to achieve.

You see, education is designed to help an individual navigate life, and to specialize in a field—or multiple fields—in order to use acquired skills to sustain themselves.

Education can help you secure a job, enabling you to exchange your labour for wages and build a livelihood. It can also empower you to start a business, manage it effectively, generate income, employ others, and contribute to the broader national economic development agenda.

Education also equips you with the ability to spot opportunities, innovate, and improve the human condition.

Today, I received a query from a student I taught Project Finance a few years ago. That student was looking for my project finance module because they wanted to reference it while submitting a proposal for project financing. This is not the first time this has happened.

If you have a skill or an education and reduce its purpose solely to getting a job, then perhaps you never fully understood why you were in school in the first place.
Any form of education is valuable. The agricultural science you learned in secondary school can make you a better farmer. The English literature you studied can help you earn a living as a writer. Your background in geography can make you an excellent tour guide. And when you scale up those efforts, that’s what we call entrepreneurship—a business.

I often share commentary and sometimes face significant public backlash, even when much of the opposing argument stems from misinformation—based not only on information asymmetry but also on widespread financial illiteracy.

We need a well-educated society—one where citizens can appreciate ethics, aesthetics, patriotism, and also understand the practical aspects of national development.

Let us embrace the spirit of unity. Let’s agree to disagree respectfully, and remember: we have only one Zambia, one nation.
Politics is politics but we need to act and move as one. Mine Is to ensure everyone gets wealth!

We are moving towards elections and I ask that the discourse remains civil, that of mutual respect because it’s easier to destroy a nation but difficult to build!
Much love,

Your humble servant,
Lubinda Haabazoka, PhD

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