I'm not a teacher, and i'm not running a university, and I have a budget with requirements i've been hired to deliver for clients. How is this even a possibility for me to pursue? I'm not socrates.

I set the job requirements to the absolute minimum of having any relevant anything, including interest, of which there was zero.

Not his job to do so.

His job is to fill a position, not create a new one and fill it.

Also, the applicants knew they were unqualified and didn't ask for an apprenticeship.

He also could have handed out money for nothing, but that's missing the point.