The high rate of young unemployment in the nation has been linked by the minister of education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, to the type of programmes that are provided by higher institutions there.
Speaking to a crowd at the University of Ghana's New Year School this year, the sector minister noted that many of the programmes offered at the postsecondary level do not help create jobs.
Even while some of these programmes have the proper accreditation, in his opinion, they do not satisfy the needs of business or the labour market.
To close the gap between industry and academics, he emphasised the urgent necessity for a redesign of tertiary programmes.
Dr. Adutwum noted that his organisation is working hard to start this crucial transformation so that young people all around the nation may enjoy better lives.
"A huge number of pupils have signed up for the education diploma. Training is being provided for positions that do not exist.
"Millions of students are graduating in search of employment that don't exist... I am quite aware of this, and we are talking to the universities. The Minister stated, "I believe we need to concentrate on courses that have significance to that specific student and to the country.
"We must alter our direction. Because we are teaching the graduates for courses that don't exist, unemployment always results from this, he continued.
The Minister's thoughts support the need for policymakers to focus education more on employment.
Every year, Ghana's unemployment rate rises as more recent graduates struggle to find meaningful employment.
Numerous young people are now without jobs, some of whom have developed depression as a result of their inactivity.
Others have also been forced to give up their degrees in order to take menial jobs in order to live.
Young male graduates have turned to sports betting as a result of the circumstance in order to get by financially.
The administration asserts that it is addressing the unemployment situation round-the-clock in the meanwhile.
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