The government has cautioned the youth in the country against taking part in illegal activities and instead takes part in development.
The minister stated that young people have much to do and that engaging in criminal activities should not be an option because of the unemployment challenges.
He said though unemployment is the major reason leading them to crime, they should shun such activities.
“Shy away from criminal activities in the pretext of meeting unemployment challenges.”
Addressing the National Assembly in Dodoma yesterday Finance Deputy Minister, Adam Malima, said unemployment is a challenge to the whole world and therefore, it should not be used to justify criminal activities
Mgimwa was responding to a basic question by Special Seat Member of Parliament, Rebeca Mngodo who had wanted to know the steps the government was taking to provide employment to the youth in order that they should not indulge into criminal activities such as the infamous ‘Panya Road’ gangs that had emerged in Dar es Salaam recently.
Responding on behalf of Minister for Labour and Employment Malima said youth should not use unemployment to indulge in criminal activities.
Malima said the government had strong strategies to ensure that the youth were effectively empowered so as to make them contribute to national socio-economic development.
He called on the youth to join different development groups, saying it will be easier for the government to provide financial support to them if they joined hands to form entrepreneurial groups.
“Due to the unemployment challenges, the government has directed the ministries and institutions to put the employment issues in their budget. By the end of the financial year the ministries will be required to state the number of employment opportunities each ministry or public institution had created,” noted Malima.
The deputy minister challenged the youth to change their mindset and find ways of employing themselves instead of waiting to be employed.
In her supplementary question the Special seat MP who is the Shadow Minister for Education and Vocational Training, Susaz Lyimo said that it was difficult for graduates to employ themselves because the country’s education system had prepared them to be employed and not to create job opportunities.
Responding, the Minister for Education and Vocational Training Dr Shukuru Kawambwa said the government had introduced entrepreneurship training skills at universities in the country which will help students to employ themselves after graduation.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
Its too late to train university students the course of entrepreneurshi, how about those youth in the street?? Government should change the system of education from creating job seekers to job makers by training people to use their talents since in primary level.By using talents youth can make different jobs because not all youths who can be entrepreneur.
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ReplyDeleteIts too late to train university students the course of entrepreneurshi, how about those youths in the street?? Government should change the system of education from job seekers to job makers by training people to use their talentless for benefi. By using talents youths can make dig jobs because not all youths can be an entrepreneur.
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