The Centre for Democratic Development-Ghana(CDD-Ghana) has observed that the nation needs to develop its human resources in order to achieve the Ghana Beyond Aid agenda.
It cautioned that the
At a CDD-Ghana breakfast meeting on youth unemployment, Professor Kwasi Prempeh, the Executive Director of
Organized on the theme: ‘Creating Jobs & Entrepreneurs for a Self-reliant Ghana’, the event triggered deeper conversation on how government and other stakeholders can harness
According to
Prof Prempeh, “skills building and job creation must be encouraged,
innovations, entrepreneurial ideas must be supported and assisted since it is critical
for the youth to have stake in economy due to dangers associated with inability
to have access to employment opportunities cannot be ignored.”
Dr. Kristen Lord, the Chief Executive Officer of
IREX, indicated that although there was no silver bullet solution to youth
employment, Ghana, like many African countries, already had structures to help
manage the challenge effectively and efficiently.
“The good news is most of ingredients of success
are already available, not about creating whole new huge strategy, it’s about
better using ingredients are already originally available,” and encouraged
managers of educational system to introduce
critical thinking, development of soft skills into educational curriculum to
help shape the minds and abilities of students.
Stephanie Sullivan, the US Ambassador to Ghana, reiterated that no country could thrive unless the youth made priority, given tools, support and assisted to create their future.
The Afrobarometer’s survey findings show unemployment most important challenge the citizenry want government to address among United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, (SDG) 8, focused on promoting sustained, inclusive, sustainable economic growth, full, productive employment and decent work for all is highest priority.
-3news.com
