By HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE –
Statistics South Africa recently announced that youth unemployment in South Africa had fallen to 36.1% – that’s a 3.4% drop since 2008. I want to tell you (as a young person) not to worry about this, because it seems to be a global trend, but do … do worry about it.
Though the numbers for education and skills development have improved, this seems to have had no effect on employment. A better-equipped youth in terms of education does not necessarily equal a more employed youth.
The fall in numbers has been attributed to a mismatch between the types of skills young people equip themselves with, whether at universities or at further education and training colleges, and the jobs available to them.
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