Local graduates lack key skills for job market

Graduants at a past ceremony. Following discussions in multiple forums by the Kenya's so-called middle class, one is left with the impression that we are spectacularly uncultured and perhaps even quite uneducated. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Graduates from Kenyan universities are less competitive in the job market due to gaps between their training and the skills employers want, a new study has shown.

The report by Washington-based Results for Development Institute (R4D) says local tertiary institutions need to impart graduates with skills such as communication, leadership, decision making and critical thinking to stay ahead of the dynamic career race.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.