National Youth Policy - Ministry of Youth, Sport & Culture

5.8 Strategic area: Youth, Education and Training
Theme: Repackaging educational and training opportunities to serve as
effective means for young people to contribute meaningfully to national
development.
Issues
i) The pace of developing educational infrastructure does
not match young people’s demand resulting in low rate
of transition from secondary to tertiary level.
ii)
Vandalism of educational infrastructure and equipment
compromise the quality of the learning environment.
iii) Notwithstanding the piloting of a double shift
programme/ system in selected schools existing
educational infrastructure is underemployed.
iv) Mismatch between skills production and the national
economy’s labour market requirements remains a
concern giving rise to graduate unemployment and the
continuing importation of critical skills for economic
growth.
v) The current system of educational certification
emphasises on academic performance as opposed to
practical life skills and work competencies.
vi) Challenges in the process of registration and
accreditation of educational and training institutions and
programmes still exist.
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