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WORLD YOUTH SKILLS DAY
Young people are almost three times more likely to be unemployed than adults and continuously exposed to lower quality of jobs, greater labor market inequalities, and longer and more insecure school-to-work transitions. In addition, women are more likely to be underemployed and under-paid, and to undertake part-time jobs or work under temporary contracts.
That is why education and training are key determinants of success in the labor market. But unfortunately, existing systems are failing to address the learning needs of many young people, and surveys of learning outcomes and skills show that a large number of youth have low levels of achievement in basic literacy and numeracy. Skills and jobs for youth feature prominently in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and SDG target 4.4 calls for a substantial increase in the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills.
In December 2014, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring 15th July as World Youth Skills Day. The goal is to achieve better socio-economic conditions for today’s youth as a means of addressing the challenges of unemployment and under employment.
“Skills for All” is the World Youth Skills Day 2017 Theme for the current year.
Youth are the back bone of any country, but today we have many young graduates facing unemployment problem. Every country has set many goals to overcome unemployment and improve skills not only for the development of individual but also for the growth of the country. Education and Training plays a vital role to get success in the labor market. Candidates with prominent skills will get a job of his choice. World Youth Skills Day 2017 will help the students to enhance their skills and gives them a chance to contribute their skills to the society.
World Youth Skill Day in India 2017 is given more importance as there are many candidates facing unemployment problem due to lack of skills. Govt of India already started Skill India Mission on 15th July 2015 to overcome the problem of youth unemployment and youth unemployability by equipping youth with industry need specific skills.
