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As StatsSA’s unemployment statistics show that it is becoming increasingly difficult for graduates to find jobs in South Africa, Walter Sisulu University prides itself in empowering its graduates through employment.
The department of Family Medicine and Rural Health in the faculty of Health Sciences recently added two staff members in their team whom are the faculty’s graduates.
Family medicine and Rural Health is a medical speciality devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages.
Both new recruits occupied lecturing posts in the division of Clinical Associate Programme within the department.
Head of department, Family Medicine and Rural Health, Professor Parimalaranie Yogeswaran, said: “We do not just teach so that students are able to work in their various fields but impart knowledge so that they can be able to teach others as well.”
Yogeswaran added that their departmental goal, besides teaching, is to empower students with leadership skills and teaching skills so that we never run out of people to assist the upcoming generation of students in their department.
Tesha Pillay, Bachelor of Medicine (Clinical Practice) graduate and junior lecturer, said: “ Working for WSU has always been my dream, I am all about ploughing back and that is exactly what I am doing. Working amongst people that trained me is also another experience that I am enjoying as it motivates me to work harder to prove myself.”
The 28-year-old, Pillay who graduated in 2017 also contributed to the planning of the Clinical Associate programme and all other aspects of the programme activities.
Both candidates showed interest and enthusiasm towards the academic space than the actual field they are trained in as they have a passion for sharing knowledge and training others.
- Anita Roji
