Ethiopia: Intensified Efforts From All Concerted Bodies to Address Youth Unemployment

Youth unemployment is a problem that affects most countries. The ability of youth to engage in productive activities has both social and economic consequences for an economy. Youth unemployment is often higher than the unemployment rate for adults, highlighting the concerns that many countries face in facilitating the transition from school to work. In developing countries, youth face not only the challenge of obtaining productive employment, but also obtaining safe and acceptable work.

This is what some of the youth in the capital share. "In the profession I graduated I have tried and applied to work in many private and governmental organizations. However, I remained unsuccessful," said Tesfahunegn Tsegaye, a Teferi Mekonnen (Entoto) Tecnical and Vocational Education and Training(TVET) College Diploma graduate in General Metal Fabrication & Assembling in 2010.

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