They were on hand to redeem their birthright — quality education. We are now moving toward 100 per cent transition into secondary school and this year the government is implementing free day secondary education. Increased school enrolment and hopefully completion, must be bolstered by high-quality tertiary training programmes that are carefully aligned to labour market demands. We must resist the temptation to proliferate technical and vocational programmes simply because we need somewhere to hold the youth. Staggered by the headwinds of low skills and unemployment, youth are despairing and becoming doubtful of the promise of education.

Source: The Star February 05, 2018 20:48 UTC