Plans underway to solve graduate unemployment

The NPP News says in line with the government's policy on the efficient development and rational use of the country's resources, a course in manpower planning would soon be instituted at the University of Ghana, Legon to achieve that goal.

This goal would strengthen the Ministry of Manpower Development and Employment's capacity in manpower planning and employment so as to solve the problem of graduate unemployment in the country.

The sector Minister, Cecilia Bannerman, who made this known in Parliament last week said a survey of unemployed graduates had already been completed to assess the manpower needs of the country.

She was answering a question in the name of Hon. Kwakye Addo, MP for Afram Plains South as to what plans the Ministry had to assess the manpower needs of the country.

The Minister disclosed further that a total number of 621 unemployed graduates from all the tertiary institutions in the country both public and private were interviewed during the exercise to assess the relationship between tertiary education and the job market.

In addition the first ever-national labour market survey has been completed.

According to the Minister data collected from 4,209 housesholds, 753 establishments and 2224 enterprises in the informal sector of the economy are being processed and analysed.