I am Martin Onyango from Maseno University Kisumu pursuing Bachelor of Business administration,I am an industrious, passionate and food system leader who is working to transform rural communities through increasing food security, strengthening climate resilience and enhancing uplifting more people from below the poverty line and empowering them with the ability to buy or live in a higher social status is my mandate.
Youth unemployment is a primary challenge and it's on the rise not only in Kenya but globally, as millions of youth enter the labour market annually there is no clear policies to address the unemployment pandemic.The young graduates end up devastated with alot of them falling into depression considering the fact that they cannot secure there dream jobs,
There is no white collar jobs that is the reality we must accept,jua Kali (technical education) should be upgraded, creativity and innovation is the solution otherwise the philosophy,love of knowledge and the pride in those bachelor degree should not sound good to a reasonable graduate on graduation day if they have not identified where the power of their degree lie or else young graduates will end up dying thinking just like Issac Newton, someone just dying because he is straining to think and understand how and why a lose apple decide to descend on earth why not yonder upwards ,all these should be divated to job creation
According to this "strategic campus exit plan" project .we have invested in the mental retooling of the young pre-graduates we work with to shift from the historical socialization that education provide them a well paying job rather prepare them to create job opportunities.
Our main focus is to disabuse the idea that one has to tarmac for a job,work till the age of 60 years then retire in the village,this model is outdated and does not apply in the modern economy.
By posing the question "what will you do after campus?" to university students within the Republic of Kenya,enable them to realise their potential,dreams and future ambition ad early as day one of admission in first year."ask yourself,will you go back to your home? will you stay around the varsity probably running some business venture? will you set out for a job hunting mission?will you secure a loan to start a business?will you try farming?will you start learning another course? Do you have savings or are you in a pit of loans and debts? Our main goal is to ensure that these students have a campus exit plan in mind.
During the four year course,these students creat network and compare notes with one another, they re-group themselves into small development groups as per their passion and interests,The students form small saving groups to ensure that the credit history of youth graduates is achieved.
These questions enable the youth we work with strategies to avoid falling into the trap of unemployment,this is therefore the underlying theory of my advocacy towards the realisation of Sustainable Development Goals and Kenya Vision 2030.
Young people have varying needs and capacities, as well as roles and responsibilities in their communities. Our strategy seeks to meet young people where they are and leverage their interests and abilities, while building their capacities and tapping into their potential. Our framework builds on our larger work in this sector and focuses on three distinct areas: 1) targeting school going children and young adults in primary and secondary learning institutions within Kenya ; 2) targeting youth in session within campus ; and 3) engaging youth in off-campus.
Young people are the most important human capital of any economy,they are not only agile, adaptive and receptive but these youth understand employment in this millennial generation but they lack enabling environment to unleash their potential,it is a workday reality that the bulk of Kenyan youth are either unemployed, underemployed as a result they lack motivation to be innovative and instead they place premium in survival than discoveries and innovations.
It is therefore our mandate to find solutions to youth unemployment through advocacy on the need to a Strategic campus exit plan among university students.