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Title:
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Employment Creation Through Vocational Skills Development for Youth in the Informal Sector |
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Author:
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Kamdima, Harry Gerson; Nkunika, Fanny Tasiye
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Abstract:
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Worldwide youth employment challenge is escalating with the few jobs being created in the formal sector pushing the majority into the informal sector which is seemingly not lucrative for the modern day youth. Culminating the problem is that the mainstream education is oriented towards the modern sector leaving our survival skills which can enable the youth to gain meaningful employment while in the informal sector. To this effect Technical & Vocational Education and Training (TVET) remains the last resort for the creation of that employment. However, the nature of TVET products being brought on the market for the unprivileged may that could have gained the meaningful employment in the informal sector. To this effect the question is where is the TVET challenge in employment creation for the informal sector? This paper examines bottlenecks in TVET impeding its response to employment creation for the youths in Africa. |
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Description:
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This paper looks at employment creation for the youth through the giving of skills, especially for those in the informal sector. It hinges much on youth unemployment which is basically defined as the percentage of the youth aged between 15 and 24 who are capable of working and are available for work but are not getting any employment. The informal sector according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) basically refers to that sector of the economy which is not governed by law. This sector has also come to be known as unorganized sector basing on the nature of its operations. This chapter will therefore provide the unemployment levels in Africa, compare them to other regions, and lastly provide some reason behind youth unemployment. |
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URI:
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http://www.ndr.mw:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/551
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Date:
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2012 |