The asuogyaman district secretariat of the national youth authority in the eastern region has organized and sponsored a free training programme aimed at empowering the youth with self employment generating skills for sustainable livelihoods. Its annual workplan for the nya 2014 lists key activities and projects. Similarly, in ghana, the national youth employment programme nyep is seen as a major programme initiated in 2006 by the administration of president j. Although the is for 2018, the youth employment programme registration in ghana was carried out in september 2017. Recent evidence suggests that tvet yields higher returns.
The asuogyaman district secretariat of the national youth authority in the eastern region has organized and sponsored a free training programme aimed at empowering the youth with selfemployment generating skills for sustainable livelihoods. In the governments bid to tackle youth unemployment and underemployment ghana in 2006 established the national youth employment programmenyep which is now operating as the youth employment agency schemeyea. A mapping report of the employment and labour subcluster of the regional coordination mechanism rcm for africa international labour organizationregional office for africa. National employment policy, volume 1, 2014 vii gss ghana statistical service gyeeda ghana youth employment and entrepreneurial agency hiv human immune virus ict information and communication technology ilo international labour organisation iom international organisation for migration jhs junior high school. National youth employment program nyep innovations for. Hoetu, prosper 20150123 the national youth policy action plan and youth development in ghana. Kufuor to deal with unemployment among the youth who according to the. National youth employment recruitments in ghana 20202021. Establishment of the agency ministry of employment and. Youth unemployment in ghana international trade union. Section three 3 tackles some selected programmes and initiatives for young people by the government of ghana in partnership with the private sector to resolve the employment problem over the last decade.
The national youth employment program nyep of ghana was established in 2006 by the john kufuor administration. The case of ghana s national youth employment programme find, read and cite all the research you. Facilitate and monitor the employment of youth in ghana ghana youth employment registration 2018 ghana live tv. The yea was established under the youth employment act 2015 act 887 2015, to oversee the development, coordination, supervision. Mali national center for promotion of volunteering programme. This study was a descriptive research conducted at osu klotey, asawase and. Isser institute of statistical, social and economic research ghana mesw ministry of employment and social welfare mmye ministry of youth and employment ndc national democratic congress ndpc national development planning commission ngos nongovernmental organizations npp new patriotic party. The ministry of youth and sports envisions enhancing the national consciousness of the youth through effective mobilization, empowerment, education and training. Established in 1974, its mandate is to ensure the empowerment of the ghanaian youth.
The main objective was to determine how the national youth employment programme could be transformed into a sustainable employment agency using strategic marketing principles. Kufuor to deal with unemployment among the youth who according to the nations 2000 population and housing census constitute about 60% of the population of about 20 million. Ghana sc hool feeding programme gsfp 2005 one hot meal a day for every schoolchild. The ghana poverty reduction strategy gprs sets the national framework for policies, resource allocations and interventions to combat poverty. Policy framework governmentof ghana national development planning commission ndpc december, 2010. Due to the inspiring success of the youth employment programme yep in 20 whereby more than 4000 youth have been placed in private companies, the 2014 national budget has provided another rs 275 m to further assist mauritian youth to obtain employment. Lesotho lesotho national youth volunteer corps project lyvcp 9. Social protection in ghana friedrich ebert foundation. This paper will explore how and why ghana has launched a number of social protection programmes, such as the national health insurance scheme nhis, the school feeding programme, the national youth employment programme and now the livelihoods empowerment against poverty leap social grants programme. Its objective is to support the youth between the ages of 15 to 35 years through skills training and internship modules to transit. Atu 20192020 admission requirements for all programmes. Akuffo chief director, ministry of manpower, youth and employment mmye 5. The national youth employment program nyep it is an agency under the ministry of youth and sports in ghana. Programme surep, national directorate of employment nde, national youth service corps nysc schemes in nigeria, as lofty and laudable as they seem, their inability to affect the real target youth, reflects the lacuna between policy formulation and implementation.
Another wellknown program in ghana related to youth employment is the national service scheme, whereby students who have completed all course work at the tertiary level are required to work in a job assigned to them. Angela asanteasare programme coordinator national social protection strategy, ministry of manpower, youth and employment mmye 6. Isbn 9789221267317 web pdf ilo cataloguing in publication data. The implementation of a national youth policy for ghana has become the ultimate agenda of the ministry of manpower, youth and employment, the national youth council, the federation of. Tvets orientation towards the world of work and the acquisition of employable skills means that it is well placed to overcome the skills mismatch issues that have impeded smooth educationtoemployment transitions for many young people. Mmye ministry of manpower, youth and employment nepad new partnership for africas development. Africa union youth volunteer corps auyvc programme and youth employment in africa 34. The youth employment agency yea was established under the youth employment act 2015 act 887 to empower young people to contribute meaningfully to the socioeconomic and sustainable development of the nation. Eradication of poverty and reduction of inequalities in the rural and deprived communities is the prime focus of the national development planning commission.
The programme has no dedicated funding, which means that its implementation depends on the goodwill of the implementers. In the usa for example youth employment programmes including jobs for americas graduates, youthbuild usa, and job corps have been formulated and implemented to deal with unemployment among different segments of their youth collura, 2010. The future of bpos and call centers to varying degrees, bpo and call centers are promising sources for future entrylevel youth employment in kenya, south africa, and ghana. Similarly, in ghana, the national youth employment programme nyep is seen as a major programme. Lessons from the programs recent collapse research pdf available june 2015 with 241 reads how we measure reads. Contents about the authors 5 acknowledgements 5 abbreviations 6 executive summary 7 1 introduction 9 2 construction in ghana 11 2. In addition, the structure tasked with coordination has limited capacity. Summary this report begins by laying out the dynamics of the youth employment challenge in subsaharan africa. In ghana, the government is running a national youth employment programme with initial pilot modules which, has so far employed about 10,000. Ghana recorded a decline in employment elasticity of output from 0. It also envisions a sustained and systematic development and promotion of approved and recognized sports at both the national and international levels to foster cohesion, enhance. This paper will explore how and why ghana has launched a number of social protection programmes, such as the national health insurance scheme nhis, the school feeding programme, the national youth employment programme and now the livelihoods empowerment against pov. Pdf although ghanas unemployment rate among youth age 15 24 6% is officially twice that of the national unemployment rate 3%, many economists. The yea is but 1 of 17 public sector initiatives related to youth employment, albeit the largest in terms of youth coverage.
Title ghanas construction subtitle sector and youth. Neip primarily focuses on providing business development services. May god bless us all and our homeland ghana, and make it great and strong. This paper presents an overview of the youth unemployment problem and youth employment. The sector itself has registered impressive growth, increasing its contribution to gross domestic product gdp and employing 320,000 people. It is an agency under the ministry of youth and sports. The national youth policy action plan and youth development. National social protection strategy nsps and ghana 7 poverty reduction strategy gprs 3. Ghanas construction sector and youth employment 7 executive summary ghanas economy has grown rapidly in the past 20 years, and the construction sector has both contributed to and benefited from this. The demographic transition, the role of mineral exports, the largely untapped reservoir of opportunities in farming, and the aspirations of youth and policy makers, which focus on the wage employment sector at the expense of more immediate opportunities in family farming and. Nana addo dankwa akufoaddo president of the republic 20th october 2017. The case of ghanas national youth employment programme.
The rate was highest among tertiary graduates, followed by secondary school leavers in 1992 and 2010, with the reverse being the case in 2000, 2006, and 20 table 4. National youth employment programme nyep on job creation in ghana. The yea was established to empower youth to contribute meaningfully to the socioeconomic and sustainable development of ghana. Although ghanas unemployment rate among youth age 15 24 6% is officially twice that of the national unemployment rate 3%, many economists believe that ratio to actually be much higher. Nugs national union of ghana students nyep national youth employment programme nyetf national youth employment task force nya national youth authority nyp national youth policy pda participatory development associates ppp publicprivate partnership rlg roagam links ghana sada savannah accelerated development authority sdf skills development fund. Gyampo and others published youth participation in youth programmes. National entrepreneurship and innovation programme neip. Opportunities for youth employment are available for young people including those with children are in wfcl 46. Provide training and develop support to the youth offer the youth with requisite skills while training them. Employment can be beneficial for youth by teaching responsibility, organization, and time management and helping. Ghana employers association and organised labour as well as. To contribute to this process, the decent work pilot programme uses a twopronged strategy. The national youth service, an anchor programme for youth development, has had positive results, but is limited by the current coordination mechanism. Home page national development planning commission.
Employment can be beneficial for youth by teaching responsibility, organization, and time management and helping to establish good work habits, experience, and financial stability. The national entrepreneurship and innovation programme neip is a flagship policy initiative of the government of ghana with the primary objective of providing an integrated national support for startups and small businesses. The national youth authority nya, formally called the national youth council nyc, is an agency within the ministry of youth and sports that is responsible for coordinating and facilitating youth development activities in ghana. The major problem with this laudable programme is funding and sustainability. It aptly highlights the ongoing national youth and employment programme nyep and the ghana rural enterprise project. Only permanent and decent jobs creation will therefore enable the youth to sustainably get out of poverty. Ghana is the only member of the commonwealth that has not implemented a national youth policy despite the fact that it has ratified many international treaties. Nyep national youth employment programme ohcs office of the head of civil service oop office of the president pac project advisory committee pef private enterprise foundation. A variety of government programs are focused on youth employment. Information was also compiled from 10 interviews with key thought leaders in the field of youth workforce development. Youth participation in programmes intended to benefit them. A total of 40 youth employment programs have been analyzed for this report. Through the development authorities, we are committed to putting in place structures and measures to stimulate economic activities in these areas in order to deal comprehensively with. The main purpose of this paper is to analyse the determinants of unemployment in ghana by drawing on data from national.
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