Will the jobs ever come?
Friday, September 13, 2019
UDC activists shouting slogans. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Some of them speak re-skilling and training services for the unemployed, decent living wages, and an SMME-centric approach to job-creation. Jobs are a hot contentious issue on everyone’s electoral agenda.
I think we can all agree that the country has had its fair share of jobs summits and conferences to last us probably until the end of the fourth industrial revolution. From a practical State-planning point of view, it’s easier to move the right pieces to create jobs than it is to talk to about it.
For too long, the state of many public schools has been a source of shame. We have all seen the pictures and heard the stories of broken windows, unreliable water and electricity, topped by classrooms that are not fit for proper learning. The establishment of the Education Infrastructure and Management Company Ltd (EIMC) signals that authorities are finally ready to take this problem seriously. We must commend the government for this initiative....