FORMER education minister Michael Kaingu says students must be more concerned about becoming competent at what they’re studying and acquiring skills because that’s what matters more than papers. Recently, Higher Education Authority (HEA) Director General Professor Kazhila Chinsembu expressed worry about how degrees were easily obtained at some institutions, arguing that a university is not a shopping mall for degrees. Commenting on this in an interview, Wednesday, Kaingu said there were so many graduates who were not competent enough to do anything for themselves despite having degrees. “Today what is important is knowledge and competence. So, what is important is not a paper, his concern is the paper coming out, our concern today is competence. How competent are the people...