Seeking new knowledge makes you competitive in your chosen career

The 21st century workplace has become more competitive than ever. Knowledge has become the password to unlocking great potentials in any field of endeavour. The prospect of advancing your position and living above harsh economic realities is a poignant spur for many heading back to school for post graduate degree. For others it is about not being stagnant and pursuing new challenges.

Whatever the motivations are, business schools to a large extent represent the expansion of job options and career flexibility.

To be sure, a business school is an educational facility that specializes in the teaching of material relevant to businesses or business services. Business schools usually offer a variety of different business programs, which a person will choose based on the field that the student would like to specialize in once he or she graduates. They may operate as a certain entity or may be available within another school.

Young people from the ages of 25 to 30, according to a Bloomberg survey, have a clear advantage and are likely to find a business school certificate more profitable. An analysis of data collected by the business platform suggests that getting a master’s in business results in a pay bump that increases the older a graduate is – until the age of 30.

Many professionals prefer attending business schools abroad because it is assumed that the school one acquires a professional certificate from is important in one’s position in the workforce, but Nigeria has some business schools that are gaining global recognition due to their high standards.

In Nigeria there are about 20 business schools. Top among them is the Lagos Business School, the graduate business school of the Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria, ranked 79 in the world and 6th in Africa. It is the number one business school in the whole of West Africa. Lagos Business School is a world class executive school that provides high potential professionals with a general management education which stresses professional ethics and services to the community through the practice of management.

The school also makes intellectual contributions which support the practice of management, contribute to the advancement of the management disciplines and create high quality teaching materials. Tuition for a whole programme may cost you about N4 million.

Another one is Africa Business School which serves many professionals by providing quality education in administration, accounting information technology and marketing. Located in Abuja, the school was established with the goal of educating outstanding African business leaders who are ready to tackle the challenges of dynamic and rapidly changing business world.

There are other business schools such as University of Lagos Business School, Beeches Graduate School of and so on.

The key is to find a school that has high quality post-graduate education standards.

FRANK ELEANYA