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Stephanie Hardjo
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Youth Unemployment
February 8, 2010 - 09:19 AM
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Although it is rarely being talked about and has not gain a very high popularity among nations, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT is surely a threatening issue that creeps and will be endangered the nations in no time.
As the number of youth, specifically in South East Asia, grows rapidly, this problem is surely in an urgent need to be anticipated.
What do you think about the YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT issue?
How does it affect your country?
What are the solutions that you propose in tackling this issue?
Feel free to share! 
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Re: Youth Unemployment
February 8, 2010 - 09:36 AM
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i don't think Singapore is facing a growing youth population, on the other hand, we're barely managing with the elderly.
I don't think youth unemployment would be a huge problem, because there is already a lack of youths in Singapore. Anyways, youths will mature slowly, and will realise for themselves the importance of working and contributing to the economy of our country. I think many families in Singapore have been hit hard by the financial crisis in 2009. And there has been an increase in youths setting out to work in fast food restaurants(via observation when i visit fast food restaurants) I think this is constructive to the economy, but this might have to be considered in the near future.
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Re: Youth Unemployment
February 8, 2010 - 10:01 AM
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I think ,the YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT maybe have a reason why they unemployment. For example, youth must study in their school. They don't have time for work.
It don't affect my country, if youth study and don't have time to work because in future many youth will be a good adult, they can work full efficiency.
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Re: Youth Unemployment
February 10, 2010 - 08:19 AM
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TofunatorKenny wrote:
i don't think Singapore is facing a growing youth population, on the other hand, we're barely managing with the elderly.
I don't think youth unemployment would be a huge problem, because there is already a lack of youths in Singapore. Anyways, youths will mature slowly, and will realise for themselves the importance of working and contributing to the economy of our country. I think many families in Singapore have been hit hard by the financial crisis in 2009. And there has been an increase in youths setting out to work in fast food restaurants(via observation when i visit fast food restaurants) I think this is constructive to the economy, but this might have to be considered in the near future.
I think we should start looking at things in a bigger picture. This issue might not be serious in your country but in other third-world nations, this is very crucial. It's hard to bear that after some people study for many years, once they graduate, they don't get any decent jobs. Here in the Philippines, the lack of jobs is a very big problem. More and more students are considering going abroad to earn money more than working here in their homeland because their is no guarantee of employment.
There are also many other issues concerning the youth that we should tackle. Here in the Philippines, one common scene that you could see in marketplaces is little children (as early as 5 years old), selling plastic bags and offering their services in carrying heavy bags full of goods. Most of the time, these children are doing this with the consent of their parents. This is not how things should go. These children have their rights to study. Their parents are supposed to be the ones who are earning their living.
Prostitution is also an issue that is not to be taken for granted. At an early age, young women are selling their own bodies just to earn money. This is just some of the problems that we face today in society.
Clearly, poverty is the main cause of these problems. Education is our primary resolve to eradicating these issues.
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Re: Youth Unemployment
February 10, 2010 - 10:13 AM
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Youth unemployment, for me, is not really the major problem when we look at a bigger picture. This issue is just one of the many issues that branches out from a really major problem which is quality education. And eradicating this main problem will eventually be abated.
A lot of youth who are already allowed to earn for a living, usually in third world countries, are not that proficient in their own respective professions. The one reason for these is because not all schools give the same quality and level of education. There is a lack of equity. There is no one universal level of education. Some schools give education that is inferior to another school. One scenario is that when one school is well-equipped with ICTs and the other are not equipped with any at all. This scenario would really create a great gap between the knowledge of students form each of these schools. Hence, the inferior ones(the ones who cannot afford to study in highly developed schools) tend to be the unemployed ones.
This problem could be properly addressed, not by lowering the standards of the more advanced schools, but instead, by building more public schools that can match the so-called top schools.
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Re: Youth Unemployment
February 11, 2010 - 03:42 PM
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I Think there are multiple tiers to the youth unemplyment issue.
In New Zealand we have several problems.
- Young students (Year 9 - 11) are finding it more difficult to find casual employment, and are having to ask their parents for more money, and placing more pressure on their parents.
- More Year 12 and 13 students are staying at school now as they cant find employment when they would otherwise leave school. This is placing more pressure on the schools, and resulting in higher numbers of students per class.
- Once leaving school students are forced to go onto the dole, as they cant find employment
- more students are joining universitys, as at least they can occupy their time with something rather than do nothing.
- Once leaving university they find it difficult to get a job, as most jobs now require 'On the job experience, with multiple references'
To find good jobs, students now need to be over qualified, as their are more people who are qualified to do the job.
This is just the New Zealand problem, along with the internation and third world problems that have just been mentioned by Gabrielle.
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Re: Youth Unemployment
February 11, 2010 - 11:39 PM
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I am not sure about youth unemployment in my country. Even though a large percent is unemployed, they usually take on odd-jobs such as preparing accounts for shops, tutoring students, etc. Many however depend on their families and are pretty much unbound to responsibility. Now these people are not exactly contributing to a country's development unless you think teaching children at home is a good duty. Personally I don't deem those odd-jobs important for a LDC like my country.
The unemployed need to be utilized as soon as possible. Our country has a huge population compared to size so there may be a shortage of jobs. However awareness needs to be raised, especially by the government. There are people who just hang around on the streets and are up to no good. Also the government needs to show that it is perfectly decent to take up jobs of a lower class and that the need to work comes first. Youth should not be wasted like this.
So firstly, jobs need to be increased especially those related to factory work and building work as those are the ones easiest to find workers for. Also training programs should be started for those with little job experience or are illiterate.
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Re: Youth Unemployment
February 12, 2010 - 06:39 AM
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atheron16 wrote:
Youth unemployment, for me, is not really the major problem when we look at a bigger picture. This issue is just one of the many issues that branches out from a really major problem which is quality education. And eradicating this main problem will eventually be abated.
A lot of youth who are already allowed to earn for a living, usually in third world countries, are not that proficient in their own respective professions. The one reason for these is because not all schools give the same quality and level of education. There is a lack of equity. There is no one universal level of education. Some schools give education that is inferior to another school. One scenario is that when one school is well-equipped with ICTs and the other are not equipped with any at all. This scenario would really create a great gap between the knowledge of students form each of these schools. Hence, the inferior ones(the ones who cannot afford to study in highly developed schools) tend to be the unemployed ones.
This problem could be properly addressed, not by lowering the standards of the more advanced schools, but instead, by building more public schools that can match the so-called top schools.
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I agree. Some schools have lower standards than other schools that's why some are more superior than others. We can't actually make the level of education around the world to be uniform or universal since some schools will do everything to make their students more competitive than those from other schools. What I think we can do is to make every school reach universal standards. These standards should ensure that each and every student will graduate to be more competitive and that they will graduate to be more prepared for life after school. It is possible for us to achieve this dream once we utilize and integrate IT in each and every school.
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Re: Youth Unemployment
February 13, 2010 - 03:48 AM
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paspaul10 wrote:
atheron16 wrote:
Youth unemployment, for me, is not really the major problem when we look at a bigger picture. This issue is just one of the many issues that branches out from a really major problem which is quality education. And eradicating this main problem will eventually be abated.
A lot of youth who are already allowed to earn for a living, usually in third world countries, are not that proficient in their own respective professions. The one reason for these is because not all schools give the same quality and level of education. There is a lack of equity. There is no one universal level of education. Some schools give education that is inferior to another school. One scenario is that when one school is well-equipped with ICTs and the other are not equipped with any at all. This scenario would really create a great gap between the knowledge of students form each of these schools. Hence, the inferior ones(the ones who cannot afford to study in highly developed schools) tend to be the unemployed ones.
This problem could be properly addressed, not by lowering the standards of the more advanced schools, but instead, by building more public schools that can match the so-called top schools.
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Aeron Aritao
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I agree. Some schools have lower standards than other schools that's why some are more superior than others. We can't actually make the level of education around the world to be uniform or universal since some schools will do everything to make their students more competitive than those from other schools. What I think we can do is to make every school reach universal standards. These standards should ensure that each and every student will graduate to be more competitive and that they will graduate to be more prepared for life after school. It is possible for us to achieve this dream once we utilize and integrate IT in each and every school.
I definitely agree with both of you as well. But this would be a huge and complicated task. Firstly, because as you have already mentioned, we can't make each and every school the same especially when it comes to standards and quality. I know it just doesn't work like that. But then how will we create let's say a Universal Education Guideline, too? I'm not against this idea infact I think it would be just. Every child has the basic right to education. But I'm thinking practically about the idea now and there's complications. Secondly, different schools in different countries have different qualifications. How will we guarantee the quality of education received by all students in order for them to have equal opportunities, so they can be in competition when it comes to employment after schooling? By Universal, will there be one standard curriculum base for each age group which all schools in different countries must follow, but then could build and incoporate their own activities upon? I do think IT can play a big role to realising equity of quality of education for all. This would hopefully lead to higher employment chances for everyone and eventually break the unfair cycle.
I think it would be a tremendous task to accomplish but if we could do it, it would be a giant leap for the better.
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Re: Youth Unemployment
February 13, 2010 - 07:42 AM
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"If there's a will, there's a way."
I hate to repeat this cliche but it clearly describes what we have to do. About 10 years ago, heads of states around the world gathered to establish the 8 MDGs that we are trying to realize today. If this is possible, how much so is the setting of a single universal standard. I know that doing so will be very hard and implementing it will even be harder but we have to realize that we have to do something about global education. This standard should be set so that each and every nation will be obligated to follow. And if ever they don't have the fundings and the resources to do so, there will always be bigger nations that could help. I think the most trustworthy organization that could lead in the realization of this dream is the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). Of course, before setting standards, further studies should be made to see if doing so will be feasible.
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Re: Youth Unemployment
February 16, 2010 - 02:47 AM
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HiddenArtess wrote:
paspaul10 wrote:
atheron16 wrote:
Youth unemployment, for me, is not really the major problem when we look at a bigger picture. This issue is just one of the many issues that branches out from a really major problem which is quality education. And eradicating this main problem will eventually be abated.
A lot of youth who are already allowed to earn for a living, usually in third world countries, are not that proficient in their own respective professions. The one reason for these is because not all schools give the same quality and level of education. There is a lack of equity. There is no one universal level of education. Some schools give education that is inferior to another school. One scenario is that when one school is well-equipped with ICTs and the other are not equipped with any at all. This scenario would really create a great gap between the knowledge of students form each of these schools. Hence, the inferior ones(the ones who cannot afford to study in highly developed schools) tend to be the unemployed ones.
This problem could be properly addressed, not by lowering the standards of the more advanced schools, but instead, by building more public schools that can match the so-called top schools.
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Regards,
Aeron Aritao
aeron_aritao@yahoo.com
I agree. Some schools have lower standards than other schools that's why some are more superior than others. We can't actually make the level of education around the world to be uniform or universal since some schools will do everything to make their students more competitive than those from other schools. What I think we can do is to make every school reach universal standards. These standards should ensure that each and every student will graduate to be more competitive and that they will graduate to be more prepared for life after school. It is possible for us to achieve this dream once we utilize and integrate IT in each and every school.
I definitely agree with both of you as well. But this would be a huge and complicated task. Firstly, because as you have already mentioned, we can't make each and every school the same especially when it comes to standards and quality. I know it just doesn't work like that. But then how will we create let's say a Universal Education Guideline, too? I'm not against this idea infact I think it would be just. Every child has the basic right to education. But I'm thinking practically about the idea now and there's complications. Secondly, different schools in different countries have different qualifications. How will we guarantee the quality of education received by all students in order for them to have equal opportunities, so they can be in competition when it comes to employment after schooling? By Universal, will there be one standard curriculum base for each age group which all schools in different countries must follow, but then could build and incoporate their own activities upon? I do think IT can play a big role to realising equity of quality of education for all. This would hopefully lead to higher employment chances for everyone and eventually break the unfair cycle.
I think it would be a tremendous task to accomplish but if we could do it, it would be a giant leap for the better.
In my country, only youth who are great at soft skill & major can find a job easily. I think it worth their hard-study time. If the other trying their best, it'll still chances for them to get a good job anyway.
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Re: Youth Unemployment
February 16, 2010 - 05:25 AM
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Youth unemployment is one of the common dilemmas in our country today. Yes, a major problem for Youth are the future of our nation. But then again, youth of today are mostly unemployed and out of school and if this problem continues then It would ruin our future. The government could offer jobs and educational plan for it could help the youth and it could be the answer of their darkening future. Youths could also use all their initiatives so that they could also help improve their selves and help improved their status in the community..
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Re: Youth Unemployment
February 16, 2010 - 05:59 AM
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this issue is not really our problem...
the root of this issue is about the Quality of Education....
how can the student graduated from a specific degree finds a job directly if the school he/she studied have a low quality of education...
the student take time to find a stable work that will result to Youth Unemployment
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Re: Youth Unemployment
February 16, 2010 - 06:08 AM
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owencazar wrote:
this issue is not really our problem...
the root of this issue is about the Quality of Education....
how can the student graduated from a specific degree finds a job directly if the school he/she studied have a low quality of education...
the student take time to find a stable work that will result to Youth Unemployment
I have difficulty understanding what you are trying to get at, but if what i think is correct...
employers essentially look at your C.V. Qualification, and Experience. From this they will compare candidates and choose whoever they think will benefit or fufil the job the most.
So person A may have a degree in something, to a lower quality education, just scraping past. When person B may have only a diploma, at a high level university, yet a degree is still more qualified then a diploma, so Person A would have a generally higher chance of the job.
Discouraging i know, but it is the way things work.. At the moment.
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Re: Youth Unemployment
February 16, 2010 - 07:35 AM
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Youth unemployment is not that uncommon here. The main reason the rate is so high is because youths these days are very picky about the jobs they do. No one wants to work at mcdonalds, as a waiter, as a cashier.. etc. Even a fresh bachelor student who has no experience in the job field wants to work a high paying job, or a job which does not require much work but has a good pay. They have very high requirements on the jobs they want to do, but unfortunately these jobs are hardly available for them. So ends up, many of them are jobless.
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