PHOTO: Trade qualified people can earn more than university graduates, especially in the short term.
The CEO of RDA Orana has made it clear she thinks our community has got it one wrong on one thing – that degrees are better than trades.
“One of the biggest issues is the perception of the community that the degree is a better outcome for a child. Yet what a data tells us is that a trade or a traineeship is far better and can result in an accelerated outcome than a degree,” Megan Dixon CEO and Director of Regional Development at RDA Orana told the Western Plains App.
“One of the things that parents grapple with is the idea that their children are not as successful as those with a degree. So there is this self-pressure or community pressure that a trade is a lesser outcome than a degree, but the evidence does not back this…