When the cause of a social phenomenon is not understood, the wrong solution and
method of approach is adopted which automatically results in a worse situation. when youths
do not have the adequate training, formal skill, education and the likes to get employed in
this highly competitive world; there is automatically no place for them. The formula then
becomes:
Get yourself equipped = Get a place in the world of employment
Show youths the way and you’ll see them finding a place. In the presence of a need and the
absence of a suitable end, the needed material is often improvised. If the youths cannot get
employed due to many factors such as the rapid evolution of the industrial world, why not
create jobs and show them the way? It’s high time youths begin to fish for themselves and
stop buying fishes caught by others. According to Robert T. Kiyosaki – author of “Rich dad,
Poor dad” ‘A child may graduate with excellent grades, but have a poor programming and
mindset. Whatever a person becomes is learnt while growing up as a young child.’
A lot of young people are springing out of schools into an unknown
world with unlimited possibilities as the phenomenon of globalization has
and is still taking the world to a whole new level. Just as an unborn child
knows not what he is in for, so does the average youth of today…
Just as a baby is cared for and taught what to do, so are youths to be
groomed via educational structures put in place. They need to be taught
and shown the way things work in the context of employment…
Schools focus on scholastic and professional skill. A child’s
brain being receptive can assimilate, process and save all that
will be taught him/her in preparation for the labour world. Catch
them while they are young…
Youths have unlimited ingenuity and capabilities. Their capacity can
only be enhanced when adequate structures are put in place to educate
them on the suitable methods of approach towards employment. It’s time
things change. When a change is desired, simply change your method of
approach… New approach = New result
When they are being shown the way, the true ability of the youth is made
manifest. At this stage, we’ll begin to see the youth become economic catalysts
and a potent force in the labour/production sector. Hence, the youths become
creators of job opportunities , thereby pacing the way for many others to come…
After being shown the way and a different approach is adopted, the youth becomes a
fulfilled adult. A real agent or owner of productive force and director of employment. At
this level, the youth has grown from the various stages of evolution and training to a
stable platform. Even in the face of economic downturns, the proper investments of the
youth will speak on his behalf; because he has been shown the way to go. Every youth will
have a smiling face and the rate of youth unemployment would have definitely reduced.
IN CONCLUSION,
The distinction between employment and unemployment is gradually losing much of its
meaning as young people move in and out of the informal sector, where neither term has any
real relevance. For what is the hope of the future if the future is not secured and provided
for? Therefore, providing young people with opportunities to learn through work and
providing more effective structures to upgrade their skills before they enter the labour force
will produce a positive change and turnaround in the labour world. This is a process that will
birth the outstanding result the world has been waiting for: the leaders of tomorrow, the
hope of a better world full of unlimited opportunities in all areas and sectors of life.
THANK YOU !!