It is argued that one potential solution to tackle the phenomenon of increased unemployment would be for governments to abnegate secondary schools and let educated individuals enter the labour market after primary school. From my point of view, I strongly disagree with this statement as this trend will mitigate the amount of expertise in society, and might severely damage the careers, demanding experts.
To begin with, removing secondary education from the school curriculum leads to huge damage to society. In other words, it is the experts who perform a drastic role in society’s development, and to be one, demand higher education, involving secondary school. Take the important roles of medical doctors, and lawyers: who need to spend a higher education to possess the intended job, as an example; their presence in society is crucial, if we seek a proper one. Moreover, since primary school solely provides basic work skills, and to be an expert needs to receive higher education, and some families cannot afford secondary education for their children, the potential trait of being an expert will be destroyed over time, and they will not be able to roll the wheel of the economy in the future.
Furthermore, having a considerable number of primarily educated people will cause an overpopulation of blue-collar employees who apply for jobs. This is, because in recent years, the main duties of huge factories are mostly done by machines and computers, and there has been a dramatic reduction in demand for blue-collar employees with basic knowledge. This will result in a serious economic crisis since these people gain no expertise and are unable to apply for other carriers. A good example of this would be the considerable decline in the need for a workforce in a car company named “SIPA” in my country IRAN the last decade. A substantial amount of the workforce, who could only perform simple tasks, lost their jobs because a new generation of machines was installed that could outperform the humans.
In conclusion, although the rate of unemployment is growing unstoppably, I profoundly believe that not only will not making secondary education abolished solve the problem, but also result in losing some potential experts.