Voices| Youth marketplace opportunities dependent on skills geared towards digital era
There needs to be a closer working relationship between government and private sector organisations. Although there is some government funding for private sector learning interventions, there still needs to be a better-defined and collaborative plan around skills transfer, job creation and job sustenance.
Traditionally, young people are taught in school, then go to university – if they can afford it – and then need to start looking for a job. We do, however, need to start at school level to build and instil a sense of entrepreneurial drive into our young people. So, yes, go to college and study, but your end goal shouldn’t necessarily be to pursue employment. Young people should know that they can and do have the option to open their own business.
Young people come up with new and innovative ideas and ways of doing things. It is these fresh ideas that challenge the norm and lead to new ways of doing things. Our current world leaves very little room for lack of agility and slowness to adopt.
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