Employing graduates has become every government's biggest headache. In Ghana, graduates are often seen at government offices demonstrating to express
Employing graduates has become every government’s biggest headache. In Ghana, graduates are often seen at government offices demonstrating to express their displeasure almost every day due to the government’s lack of jobs, making life difficult for individuals and the government in toto.
The reasons leading to graduates finding it difficult to find jobs are partly due to the system of education being practised in the tertiary institutions.
The Universities especially prepare students to rely on the government to provide graduates with jobs instead of the graduates creating jobs by themselves from the education they have received.
At the launch of the Volta Youth Development Fund in Ho on Saturday, 7th March, the National Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, called for complete changes to Ghana’s system of education by advocating for innovation and entrepreneurship to help address Ghana’s fast-growing unemployment rate.
“In many developed countries, universities research societal problems and develop solutions that contribute to economic growth, but here most of our universities are training students mainly to seek employment,” General Mosquito said.
“It is simply not possible for any government to employ all graduates coming out of our universities. Somebody must begin to create jobs and employment opportunities so that others can also be employed,” he said.
“Economies grow when people identify problems affecting society and convert solutions into sources of income,” he concluded.
Asiedu Nketiah’s speech in Ho summarises the problems the government have been facing in employing fresh graduates because they already know that it is highly impossible to satisfy every graduate with an employment offer.
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