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This poll has completed. It ran from July 27, 2015, 12:31 p.m. through Aug. 3, 2015, 7:05 a.m.
With the current rate of unemployment, do you think it is better for Uganda’s youth to learn vocational or academic skills?
Background
President Museveni has pledged to send unemployed youth who graduated with ‘irrelevant
courses’ back to school in order to acquire skills required by the job market. “We want to create a
fund where you can say that I did Greek and Latin and since there are no people
who need Greek, I can get skills to do metal work,” said the President.
According to statistics, youth unemployment
in Uganda stands at 62% representing 4.5 to 7.2 million youths. Unemployment seems
to be lower in persons with no education & primary education and higher
among those with secondary education and above; mostly because the educated
youths are biased towards wage paying formal jobs with higher earnings which
are harder to find.
This year alone Makerere
University graduated 10,000 youth. This is just one
institution among many which in an attempt to break-even are duplicating
courses and pushing for high student enrollment. Vocational training
institutions are those that train people in specific trades and crafts. Youths can gain specific skills in
agriculture, mechanics, plumbing and such. They seem to be having much more success in
graduating job creators.
Question:
With the current rate of unemployment, do you think it is better for Uganda’s
youth to learn vocational skills or academic skills?
A. Vocational skills
B. Academic skills
C. Both are necessary
Instructions
Go to messages on your phone. Type MEGA followed by your DISTRICT and A, B or C. Send your message with a short comment to 8585. This SMS is completely FREE OF CHARGE.
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