Ghanaian Educational System: A Deviation from Cultural and Socioeconomic Structure; A Bane for Unemployment
Author(s) -
George Obeng
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
management and economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2469-4339
DOI - 10.18639/merj.2019.735634
Subject(s) - unemployment , government (linguistics) , socioeconomic status , curriculum , economic growth , youth unemployment , mantra , poverty , independence (probability theory) , population , sociology , economics , labour economics , political science , demographic economics , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , demography , theology , mathematics
There is a growing concern of youth unemployment among tertiary graduates. Skills acquired in school provide an opportunity to grab. Unemployment sounds unusual in the preindependent colonial era when people learn the trade of the family. After independence, schooling for government jobs became a mantra. There is a shift from the culture and socioeconomic structure to governmental employment structure. This study determines how the population structure is outpacing public government business creating employment deficit and how the curriculum is defeating entrepreneurialdevelopment in Ghana. The literature is reviewed, and discussion with students as focused group addresses the unemployment problem. The study concludes that the educational curriculum that is not incorporating the traditional industries is creating unemployment.
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