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HOW TO PROVE YOUR EDUCATION WITHOUT A CERTIFICATE



Schooling is not about getting certificates. No. It is about acquiring education – knowledge.

It is a pity to think of the focus of many school children and youths in school these days. Some of them keep their entire time building certificate, and ignore those special moments when they ought to have learnt their greatest lessons and developed effective skills and capabilities. I guess they hardly think or realize that certificate will leave them and stay at home – only their skills and proficiency will be going around with them.

Paper certificate is nothing less than a mere proof that you attended a school; it is never a proof of your skills and capacities. You will not be going around with your certificate. Once you use it to open a door of a job opportunity, you will be left with your skills and abilities. This is why I often advise students that they build their certificate and make it attractive, but not at the detriment of their skills development.

Though many organizations run after people with many academic qualifications, the desire of those organizations is not actually academic qualifications which are proved by paper certificates. More than any paper certificate from whatever school is performance and practical ability, that is, education.

Therefore, the greatest proof of your education is your ability to prove what you have in your head. I know of people who have never been to any formal school, but are working with big organizations as big bosses – though not without any higher demand. And there are number of people with many academic qualifications that owners of businesses cannot put in any position of higher demand because they are not qualified practically for such positions: they know what to say, but can’t do it. And some don’t even know what to say and do.

So to prove your education without certificate is to know how to prove yourself practically. Practical ability, performance and practical knowledge are the final proofs of any certificate. And without that, paper certificate might be useless. This is another reason there are number of certificated youths without job in our streets. If you are still going to school, don’t be one of them.

Think of it: what would you do, if your certificate gets lost and there is no means of getting another copy of it? You need to ask for opportunity to prove yourself by being put in a place where you can showcase your education.

By Akerele Segun Helen

Read the next post UNDERSTANDING THE RADICAL MEANING OF JOB. This post is one of our posts in the UNDERSTANDING THE REASONS FOR GRADUATES’ JOBLESSNESS AND HOW YOU CAN ESCAPE IT Series. You should also read the introductory post THE POWER OF QUESTIONING AND DOUBTING and also WHY MUST I GO TO SCHOOL? Along with UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF EDUCATION. Go back home.

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