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Title: | Unemployment among African shool leavers |
Author: | Calllaway, A. |
Year: | 1963 |
Periodical: | Journal of Modern African Studies |
Volume: | 1 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 351-371 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Subsaharan Africa |
Subjects: | school leavers employment |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/158914 |
Abstract: | Throughout West, East, and Central Africa today - at a time when all these countries want to quicken the pace of development - masses of young people drift from rural areas to the cities in search of work. Mainly primary school leavers with an aversion to traditional farming, they set out hopefully to become first-generation wage-earners. But neither the jobs nor the vocational training exist that could meet their demands. And, as each year passes, the numbers of unemployed in the cities swell. The author discusses what steps are being taken to create employment for these school leavers, what these efforts are, seen as an integral part of national economic and social development, and what further measures can be taken: Background Facts; Towards Practical Solutions; Improving Agriculture; Government Plans and Projects; Youth Employment Plan. (See also: Inter-African Labour Institute Bulletin, vol. 11, no. 3 (1964), p. 270-77: A. Callaway - Creating employment for Africa's youth.) |