National service personnel to perform service abroad | General news

Ghana's National Services Program (GNSS) will introduce a program that will allow new graduates to travel abroad for up to three months to work with a company.

The National Service Global Practice Initiative program aims to transform Ghana's youth into youth leaders from around the world with universal experience, ideas and best practices to contribute to the development of their youth. local communities.

The initiative, which is part of the Plan's strategic plan, is expected to begin with the posting of national services for 2019/2020 and offer the opportunity to between 100 and 200 graduates.

Mr. Mustapha Ussif, Executive Director of GNSS, announced this event in Accra during a national dialogue on youth unemployment on the theme: "Addressing Youth Unemployment in Ghana: Strategies for Sustainability" and inclusivity ".
"The program hopes that the experiences and skills gained in the countries in which they are sent can be used for the development and improvement of various local communities in the country."

Mr. Ussif explained that the program was necessary because the Plan wanted to have a continuous supply of well-prepared Ghanaian leaders to tackle local problems and propose local solutions to create strong communities using the best global practices.
It is estimated that about 50% of graduates leaving Ghanaian universities would not find employment two years after their national service and that 20% of them would not find employment after three years. years of full service.

According to the Executive Director, it was for all to develop innovative ways to mitigate the threat.
Mr. Ussif explained that because of this phenomenon, the government had launched initiatives such as the Corps of Builders, the Youth Employment Program and Plant for Food and create jobs so that young people demonstrate their intelligence and skills in vital sectors of the country's economy.
Over the past six years, the program has employed approximately 502,494 graduates in various public and private sector workplaces, averaging 70,000 per year and more than 106,000 in 2018.

The system is implemented in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of Law 426, which provides for the deployment of personnel to perform the national service functions in all sectors of the economy.
With regard to scanning, Mr. Ussif said that the entire national service application had been scanned to improve efficiency and provided with large data for badysis. and making realistic decisions for the system.

Regarding measures to develop graduate entrepreneurs, the executive director said that the program had begun in September 2017 to pilot the model of entrepreneurship in national services with 500 graduates.
The model provided support to graduates with strong business ideas and business plans to apply their ideas throughout the national service period and beyond.

He said the program would begin this year piloting its poultry entrepreneurship initiative by financially supporting 20 graduates and developing their skills, through partners such as MASLOC and private sector entities. , in order to launch entrepreneurship in poultry farms.
He explained that the focus on poultry would reduce the import of birds into the country, adding that the program provided that each farm could grow to create jobs for 50 people working in the chain value of poultry.

Mr. Ussif announced that the program had entered into a strategic partnership with the Songhai Group to create a training center where 10 service staff were being trained and supervised by consultants on how to develop the skills. next generation digital tools.
The mandate of the beneficiaries is to develop solutions to the many challenges of the country.

He said the partnership with the private sector would galvanize the ongoing efforts of the Plan to train and empower service staff to create jobs and compete in the global talent market.
Some of the participants in an interview with the Ghana News Agency urged the government to put more emphasis on vocational and technical education in order to stimulate the growth of the economy.

Others called for a standardized school curriculum, devoid of political influence, and the establishment of legal policies integrating people with disabilities into employment opportunities without stigma and other forms of abuse.
The two-day dialogue was organized by the Star Ghana Foundation in collaboration with the National Youth Authority, Youth Advocates Ghana, the Ghana Civil Society Platform and Ghana Think.