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Unemployment and Hopelessness of Graduates in Ghana

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  • Nana Kwaku 10 years ago

    To Stephen, all I can say is that our varsity grads undergo some mental engineering into thinking they are superior only in Ghana. I'm saying this because we have Ghanaian graduates doing menial jobs overseas. The average bos ...
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  • princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

    A car Graduate salesman walked into a Bar, sat down next to this nice looking University graduate woman and ordered a double shot of Schnapps whisky .
    The bartender asked, "are you having a bad day"?
    The salesman replied, ...
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  • Moses 10 years ago

    There are jobs aplenty for people in Ghana who do the right courses. If you finish the business school in Legon with a good first and even find time to start your ACCA or even CA Ghana, there's no way you're not going to get ...
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  • OKUDZETO 10 years ago

    It will be good if entrepreneurial skills is introduced for university students. This will help them to start their own businesses-

  • Neither NDC Nor NPP 10 years ago

    The banks will not give them loans because they have no collateral. The top ten richest Ghanaians are all sitting on their corruptly-acquired money. Dr Kufuor, the billionaire has done nothing to help a single unemployed grad ...
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  • the eye-Germany 10 years ago

    Steve,your own conclusion summarises your well written article. As always,it is a thought-provoking and awareness-seeking write up.

    However,there should be priorities and a critical review of the courses being offered at t ...
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  • Abeeku Mensah 10 years ago

    Are you suggesting that everyone in Ghana should become computer scientists, accountants and or other areas of discipline you listed? What you have done Moses is acquiesce into the mentality that contributed to the decline of ...
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  • Moses 10 years ago

    We are not talking of what the various fields of study can contribute to the total development of Ghana. The issue here is graduate unemployment. We are talking about the graduates who can EASILY GET JOBS IN GHANA and not bec ...
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  • Richard 9 years ago

    You are absolutely right!

  • K'Ous 10 years ago

    Good article. Facts are on point. We should all embrace change if it is for the better!

  • McQUEEN 10 years ago

    The problem of graduate unemployment can be placed at the doors of past and present governments. Apart from Nkrumah, none of them made or is making effort to go into industry in order to create jobs for the jobless.

  • Stephen-Pipes Afrifa 10 years ago

    Graduate unemployment is a bog problem for Ghana and the African continent at large. Many of the projects done by these students for implementation lie waste with little or no effort to give it a boost .

    Ghana really bleed ...
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  • JOE NIPAMU 10 years ago

    Oh Ghana, why do we train people when there are no jobs.Oh Ghana my Ghana.

  • Dr Robert Glah 10 years ago

    I have just completed graduate employment research to enable me set up a new private University in Ghana. The result of the research reveals that there are eight areas of graduate employment in Ghana as follows:-
    1. Water an ...
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  • ghanaman 10 years ago

    Interesting. Will the author be so kind as to make available online the results of his research? Thanks

  • Kwesi 10 years ago

    But what, exactly, do you mean by ICT? And how does it relate to the other fields to which you attach them?

  • Moses 10 years ago

    Even in the USA, not every graduate will be great in the workplace. The US has some of the best universities in the world - and some of the worst. India is even worse. They produce thousands of porous engineers in the world w ...
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  • TT Djaasetse 10 years ago

    These graduates are less technical and are not team players.They were not taught to be team players in their various universities,they do not have the skills to be self employed.They should be sent to a crash course on how t ...
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  • TT Djaasetse 10 years ago

    There is no job for a graduate political scientist.Those who take the wrong career path will always find it difficult in their job search.

  • Pension 10 years ago

    THEY REFUSED TO GO ON PENSION TO GIVE ROOM TO THE YOUNG GRADUATES.

  • DOUBLE CRITICAL 10 years ago

    Great job. The IGP pension is long overdue, he must go.

  • Richmond afrifa 10 years ago

    I suggest that citizens in the country especially those
    in Basic Level should be trained on how to creat buisness and also government should help the university graduates to establish business after their graduation
    The n ...
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  • boga 10 years ago

    Academia for further education want only min 2nd class lower.But to find even those classes u need to buy car or pay the lecture or gurus in the Admin for the grade.we doom

  • boga 10 years ago

    sell yourself for first class or else no job.Meanwhile they can not perform on the job

  • Kpenyigba Kwesi 10 years ago

    Good article. Government,Industries and the Universities and Institutions MUST cooperate to overhaul the Education systems. It is true also that students graduate at an early ages. Education Service should introduce 2 or 3 ye ...
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  • Neither NDC Nor NPP 10 years ago

    Our graduates are paying for the folly of the "divbestment" of Nkrumah-created enterprises. Rawlings, Totobi Quakye and their multi-million dollar "Consultants" should be asked where the jobs are!

  • HAZOR 10 years ago

    Ghanaians should blame themselves for the situation that we are in of unemployment and hopelessness of graduate in the country.Ghanaians are proudly addicted to foreign goods and services and show no respect of their technolo ...
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  • ATTA OWUSU S. 10 years ago

    Thanks for your good ideas, Dr. Robert Glah. I will advise you to contact Mr. Divine Nkrumah, the spokesman for unemployed Graduate association. I believe he will benefit immensely from your experience and good ideas.

  • POPPOL 10 years ago

    The Russian language should be abolished from the university curricula

  • Bea 10 years ago

    "The governments of more developed countries always ensure that the numbers of graduates coming out each year from the universities are well educated, skilled and better informed and well equipped to be easily absorbed in the ...
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  • jonathan myers l;amptey 9 years ago

    please do something about the way the sports ministry has wasted govt money which has left the youth in unemployment all beacause govt claim there is no money. until when will we the individual entrepreneurs establish our own ...
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  • Macten....... 9 years ago

    I jux dont know why u r all rashing to university...tweaaa..how many application letters soo far......u see ur face..

  • tina 9 years ago

    There is hope so call 0264660350

  • Nana Arkoh 9 years ago

    so we can't even provide job for our graduates? God have mercy!!! It is about time we all provide jobs for ourselves.

  • Ameyaw 9 years ago

    Good research gathered. My question is aren't the government away of these challenges? And if yes what are they really doing about it. Unemployment in Ghana is indeed at the increase.

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  • Prince 8 years ago

    we are going to be having more of this issues when there are no recent jobs in Ghana....... www.job4africa.com