Inefficiency, insincerity in executing results in non-attainment of target, consequently, unemployment is not remedied
KARACHI: Unemployment is a problem that has hit every country in recent years, but the problem has become quite acute in Pakistan. Unemployment can sometimes become so dangerous for individuals that they may end up suffering from depression and make suicide attempts.
One of the reasons behind unemployment in Pakistan is that the country’s birth rate is far more than that which is optimal. This outruns the rate of economic development. Secondly, our present education system is also responsible for the plague of unemployment, as sufficient vocational education is not given to students. Teachers, too, seem to be barely concerned as to whether students are performing sufficiently well or not. Students are also regularly seen to use unfair means to pass exams.
Other causes of unemployment include the quota system, favouritism and malpractices of officials in the education department. Whenever a government comes out with a scheme to counterbalance unemployment, dishonest persons come forward to bungle the money allocated to such schemes leading to such plans failing in the end. Inefficiency and insincerity in executing results in non-attainment of targets and consequently, unemployment is not remedied. Higher authorities should handle such corruption seriously; otherwise, the state of affairs will only worsen in the future.
Ameena Nasir
Published in The Express Tribune, November 15th, 2014.
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