Job market absorbs few Target 20,000 graduates

This came after the MP for Francistown East Buti Billy wanted the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology to update on the progress of Target 20,000 programme.

In his answer, the Assistant Minister of Tertiary Education Fidelis Molao said: “The programme was implemented in January 2016 and to date 9,953 unemployed youth benefited. However, 741 dropped out of the programme. 3,094 have completed or graduated in the different courses they pursued at various institutions while 725 are awaiting results”.   Molao said one of the major flaws that occurred in the implementation of the programme relates to the fact that students wanted long-term programmes instead of short-term ones.