Deputy Majority Leader clarifies ‘Free SHS has brought about high unemployment’ statement
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3 months ago
Source:
GhanaWeb
The Member of (MP) for Asokwa and Deputy Majority Leader, , has clarified a statement she made on the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) programme being a cause of the rising unemployment rate in Ghana. The Deputy Majority Leader, in an interview on Oyerepa TV on Monday, August 12, 2024, stated that the implementation of the programme has led to the country producing more graduates who are not taking advantage of the many opportunities the government creates for them. She pointed out that the government is implementing many interventions to give the youth skills they can make a livelihood out of, but these youth are only interested in white-collar jobs.
"It is true that unemployment is increasing. It is arising out of Free Senior High School. Because now, we are educating more people and most of them are done with school but have no jobs.
"But there are other interventions (which can help them), but they don't want it.