Presidency advised to tackle youth unemployment

OGONE TLHAGE WINDHOEKNamibia has been advised to establish a Youth Programme Coordination Implementation Unit by the Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).It follows a consultative process government initiated to help address youth unemployment following the completion of a report containing targeted interventions.“The government of Namibia should establish a ‘Youth Programmes Coordination and Implementation Unit’ under the Office of the President. Such a unit should have the appropriate convening power, political authority and gravitas under the Presidency,” the APRM said.This would see it consolidate the funding across ministries and government agencies, monitor and evaluate targeted programmes that will create youth employment and develop an information support system and database that will provide information on the composition and specificities of youth segments and groups in the country at national, regional, urban and rural levels, among others.“This should be based at the ‘Youth Programmes Coordination and Implementation Unit’ to communicate government information on existing youth initiatives and programmes shared onto appropriate platforms at national and regional levels in a transparent and accountable manner,” it said. Education reformThe APRM also called on reforms to the education system through a review of the curriculum for technical and entrepreneurship subjects.It recommended establishing specialised schools that will do talent spotting, coaching, mentoring and training in creative, artistic and sports fields as a pathway for those youth who are not academically gifted.Another recommendation made by the APRM was the strengthening of technical and vocational education training (TVET).“The government of Namibia should offer free TVET education and set up more technical education institutions to scale up the technical skills base for youth self-employability,” it said.“Government should provide grant support to students upon graduation from TVET colleges in the form of free or subsidised tool kits, credit and any other targeted means for start-up individually or in groups as youth cooperatives,” APRM added.Meanwhile, Vice President Nangolo Mbumba said Cabinet had directed the National Planning Commission to spearhead the mainstreaming of the National Plan of Action on Youth Employment into national development plans and strategies for operationalisation by the youth ministry during the launch of the report at State House.

Presidency advised to tackle youth unemployment

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