THE FUTURE OF WRITERS IS HERE

THE FUTURE OF WRITERS IS HERE.

BY REAGAN NYADIMO

LET’S START FROM HERE

Annual release of both K.S.C.E and K.C.P.E have continued to reveal worrying trend in the performance of language related subjects.  Over the years stakeholders and school heads have been put to task to explain the dwindling performance in subjects that are believed to be the future of this country. Numerous reasons have been cited with technology taking the lion’s share of the blame. The effects of these dismal performance in language subjects have spilled over to the job market with employers  questioning the legitimacy of graduates and regarding them as half-baked as majority lack soft skills needed for entry levels in most companies.

BROKEN COMMUNICATION

 Communication which is a key attribute employers are looking for is lacked by thousands of graduates who cannot sell themselves to prospective employers. This has given avenues for the current mushrooming of professional bodies who mint money from graduates to draft both their CVS and generic cover letters that would draw attention of employers and earn them their dream jobs. I am yet to meet and individual who have earned employment through this means as majority are left out in the interview stages due lack of presentations and inability to defend their CVS before the panel of experts.

NO TIME TO READ

Ironically, majority of Kenyans thirst for knowledge, yet a few have the time to comb through books to equip them with the prerequisite knowledge to help them navigate through their daily lives. From students whose lives depends on “GOOGLE” to employees who worship social sites that have made them zombies of abbreviations’. Overall effect, workforce with little knowledge on report and proposal writing, presentation skills and drafting official letters on behalf of the company.

This power gap have created thousands of jobs both outside many companies and colleges. Majority of the jobs ranges from proposal writing, report writing and thesis for master students. Take a walk around the periphery of our campuses and colleges and you will not miss a notice promising students to submit their works at subsidized costs. Majority of employees are also in touch with students who can complete their reports in good time for submission. 

SPACE FOR YOU TO FILL

Currently as things stands, writing still remains a field that have not been exploited to the fullest mainly because of the spirit of Kenyans who would rather spend fortunes on entertainment  rather than buy books. This has created a deficit of Knowledge on areas that would have seen this country in similar ranks as the super-powers. Kenya is known to be a drinking Nation. And this is the major reason why we past a constitution that was read on our behalf and decisions made on our behalf. The ripple effect is the confusion the country is facing currently with the calls for referendum looming. Which chapters are you conversant with in the new constitution? I bet none. And this is why the government will send millions of shillings to professional bodies who have breed the culture of reading to explain for you the content of the constitution incase the referendum sails through.

This only leaves the sky as the limit for passionate writers and readers of our generations who will stop at nothing to comb through the books for knowledge.

Should you be a writer, beware, there is a big niche for you to fill, all you need is commitment. At Writers Guild, you will be refined, at the end of it all, we shall all smile.

The Writer is the Managing Editor, at Writers Guild.