Syllabus not to blame for unemployment

The hashtag #JobCrisisKE, aimed at painting the picture of unemployment in Kenya was trending on social media last week all for the wrong reasons.

The youth's frustrations on the tag reflected both the Government's letdown and the 'irrelevance of the curriculum content' in the job market as the main cause. Unemployment in itself is characteristic of any economy. However, when it manifests in the form of skilled unemployment, that calls for urgent attention. From an educationist point of view, the Government loses a lot of resources in such instances. The curriculum isn't the problem, we are our own problem.