Just when the Ontario premiere gets us all hyped up about the post-secondary education rate in the province, we read an article like this and begin to realise that just because you decide to go to university doesn't mean you'll wind up employed upon graduation. I mean, it was only a matter of time before we'd over-saturate the market with university graduates, resulting in higher unemployment rates for said graduates and higher degrees needed in order to even compete in the market!
As it turns out, according to the Ottawa Citizen article, "a significant percentage of incoming community college students already have a university degree - these students are either following their original passion, or cannot find work". So, it would appear that we have a bit of a role reversal here; it used to be that college students would graduate and move on to university in order to obtain management positions and the like, and now the university students are unable to find jobs, and need the hands-on-training that a college provides.
Sorry, Dalton McGuinty but it would appear as though your "Open Ontario" plan wasn't really thought out very clearly, at least in regards to education. While I think it's wonderful that so many Ontarians have an opportunity for higher learning, I would have thought that you would have seen the after-effects coming. I mean, if this keeps up, not only will students have to earn a college diploma and a degree, but will also have to earn higher degrees in order to just compete in the job market!
Next time, maybe you should think just a little further ahead before you decide what's best for Ontario students because whatever you're doing now just doesn't seem to be working...
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