Provincial subsidy

AN article ‘Unpaid fees leave Morobe graduates without paper’ (The National, April 24) prompted me to write.
Year after year, we have seen provincial governments subsiding university students fees, but whether they get employed and contribute meaningfully or not is always unknown.
With this at hand, I feel a need for all levels of governments to introduce reintegration plans for every subsidy they provide.
This is to ensure the recipients not only benefit and complete their studies and graduate, but meaningfully integrate their skills back into the society.
What I see today is a missing link, where after graduation only a few graduates get employed under their study stream while
many get employed in unrelated fields.
In doing so, those who get employed outside their field of studies fail to apply their skills meaningfully to the development of this country.
We should consider introducing a system similar to the Australian scholarship programme.
It makes student accountable for funding and helps them develop a genuine interest to meaningfully contribute back to their respective provinces and country as a whole.
In the long run, this strategy will help promote quality skills development rather than quantity output, which contributes nothing but add to the unemployment burden.

Wanbel Niape
Port Moresby