Unemployment remains the biggest challenge to school-leavers in most countries How far do you agree with this assessment? What other challenges face young people today?
Youth unemployment is certainly a worrying challenge for most
countries
, especially at a time of economic instability and social unrest. However
, to say that this
is the largest issue is to overlook a range of equally pressing matters, as we will discuss now. It must be admitted that joblessness can undermine a young person’s economic prospects and consequent social mobility. Nevertheless
, this
issue can be ameliorated by coordinated action between the state and the private sector, as we have seen, for instance
, in Canada recently. When this
is realized, we can see that other concerns are at least as serious. Foremost among these is perhaps the issue of age demographics, whereby young people
bear the burden for
an increasingly elderly population with high longevity. Change preposition
of
This
means that young people
will pay higher taxes and work longer hours, possibly forcing them to migrate to countries
where this
pressure is lower. The effect of this
is the ‘brain drain’ situation which can be seen in southern Europe, where young, ambitious people
prefer to leave their countries
altogether, exacerbating the problem for those remaining. Furthermore
, we must remember that a substantial proportion of young people
globally face existential threats such
as famine, drought or outbreaks of disease. These problems are often caused by (or are compounded by) civil war, political instability or the corruption of people
in power locally. Such
risks are a danger to their safety in addition
to their livelihood, and so would appear to be far more serious than unemployment. To conclude
, it seems logical to accept that joblessness is a major challenge for young people
. However
, persistent trends in demographics among developed countries
and the presence of physical dangers in developing countries
should be regarded as at least as severe.Submitted by rupalsinhakk on
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