The government has vowed to create 200,000 jobs annually so as to solve the problem of unemployment in the country, information from prime minister’s official website has indicated.
This was among the government’s plan as presented by the Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi to the parliament early this week.
The unemployment rate in Rwanda was last reported at 30 percent in 2008.
Worldwide 2010 estimates indicated that unemployment was at 8.7% and 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries or developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment.
This year it has been reported that more than 200 million people globally are out of work, a record high, as almost two-thirds of advanced economies and half of developing countries are experiencing a slowdown in employment growth.
“In youth development, there will be increasing job opportunities by creation of youth cooperatives mounting to 350 new cooperatives,” Prime Minister said early this week.
Prime minister said the government will work on youth capacity building including vocational training to see how the number of unemployed youth would go under 5 percent.
According to the head of government, there will be programs to facilitate youth get environmental friendly building equipments like hydra forms so as to enable them build their own houses be it in towns or their settlements.
Efforts will also be put in programmes that help youth have good health including availing information that will change their perception and behaviors like equipping them about their reproductive health, fighting alcoholism and use of drugs among other evils.
Prime Minister said encouragement of reciprocal visits among youth with other countries will be done so as Rwandan youth get involved in international youth organizations.
Efforts for comments from Protais Mitali the Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture has been fruitless as the Minister says he is busy attending to a meeting.
“I am busy now, I have a meeting, I don’t think it will be easy for me for an interview,” Mitali said adding “May be try tomorrow”.
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