Boost Mentoring: The main cause of increased unemployment among young people in Sokoto, Nigeria is the lack of stable jobs and the fact that they lack career prospects t mentor them. This problem can be addressed through effective mentoring, which will greatly help in reducing juvenile and adult crimes, provide better health outcomes, and reduce truancy. Also, effective mentoring will have a significant impact on encouraging young people to focus more on their careers and avoid activities that may undermine their employability in the future,
Strengths
• The main strength of mentoring is that it will help in keeping young people focused on their careers and activities that will make their lives better and more satisfying.
• Effective mentoring will draw the best from the youths, and this will greatly help them in building their careers.
• Mentoring will help young individuals to see the big picture, especially on the need to focus on self-development and avoid getting in trouble with the police.
Barriers
• If there is a coordination problem between the mentee and the mentor, the mentoring program will not achieve the desired results.
• If the mentee is slow on learning, the mentor may become frustrated and this will negatively impact their relationship.
• Also, the mentee and the mentor may be a mismatched pair, and this will make it difficult to learn important lessons from the mentorship program.
Encourage Partnerships between all Players in the Employment Industry: To create more jobs for the youth, employers, higher education experts, and business owners need to come together and focus more on looking for new job opportunities for the youth. Here, the main area of focus will be on making sure that the youths are linked to their areas of expertise while making sure that they do not get into problems that may negatively impact their careers and future success.
Strengths
• Improved partnerships between players in the employment sector will greatly help in providing youths with stable employment opportunities.
• In addition to providing stable job opportunities, employers and business owners will provide training to make sure that the youths are ready to join the employment sector.
Barriers
• The main barrier is that players in the employment industry may not be able to effectively reach out to all youths because of limited resources.
• Not all youths will be interested or committed to the programs and opportunities provided by business owners, and this will make it difficult to effectively improve their skills needed for building better future careers.
Reconnect Youths with Education and Employment Programs: The most effective way of addressing the problem of unemployment among young people in Sokoto will be to ensure that they get educated. This will begin by advising the youth on promising programs that will help them secure stable employment positions. Also, an important part of the process will be to work closely with the youths to ensure that they do not deviate from their original plan of finding employment opportunities with leading companies across the country.
Strengths
• Reconnecting the youths with education programs will equip them with important skills that will significantly improve their qualifications and employability.
• When the youths have been reconnected with education and employment programs, they will keep away from situations or activities that negatively impact their future careers.
• By enrolling in education programs the youths will become more creative and resourceful, especially when it comes to looking for new job opportunities.
Barriers
• The main barrier when it comes to reconnecting youths with education and employment programs is reaching out to them. Some youths have engaged in so many bad activities that they are unwilling to come forward and join programs that may help them.
• Convincing students to remain committed to the education programs will be a major challenge as most of them may easily be swayed away by tempting, almost criminal, activities going on in their communities.
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