General / Off-Topic What does this sentence mean?

To provide some context, this is part of a list of abilities and skills, which itself is a part of an official Master's degree in Belgium. They indeed mean to say 'has the ability to think' but I think the majority of people would take it the other way. I know I can 'dispose of my garbage' and that 'alcohol disposes me towards singing crude songs', but I myself have never heard of 'dispose of' meaning the exact opposite of 'dispose of my garbage'. So from my perspective it appears my employer proudly proclaims they have successfully removed their student's ability to think and that anyone holding the document is an idiot, but I wanted to check as I am not a native speaker.

My take-away from the comments so far is that while arguably correct on a technical level, it may be much clearer to stop being pretentious and just say 'has the ability to think yadda yadda'.

Hmm, removing the students ability to think. . . ? That sounds exactly like what my tutors were trying to do when I was at Uni! :D
 
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