The Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, Professor Kwasi Asabere Ameyaw has warned Ghana is sitting on a time bomb following the staggering graduate unemployment rate.
He said the alarming rate of graduate unemployment in the country needs urgent attention to prevent its dire consequences.
“I’m making a passionate appeal to the Ghana government to address the unemployment situation in our country,” Prof. Ameyaw told the John Mahama-led administration at the 19th Congregation of the University at Winneba.
“Every year our institutions of higher learning churn out thousands of graduates who roam our streets without finding jobs,” he noted.
Describing the situation as “explosive”, the University Vice Chancellor said it must be addressed as soon as possible because “it may blow into our faces one day.”
It will be recalled that in April this year, President Mahama urged educational institutions and industries to work together to reduce unemployment in the country. The President said it is important for education institutions to design the appropriate training for students to enable them get jobs after school.
“Industry must let us know the skill set that they require and in which areas of training they require these,” he said at a conference on education in Accra. “I would like to hear suggestion on internships....practical attachments....I would like to hear incentives that we can grant business and industry in order that they can recruit and train fresh graduates.. and on setting up skills databases to which employers can refer when they want to recruit.”
Source: Ghana/StarrFMonline.com/103.5FM
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