Youth employability and the problem of unemployment in Nigeria; an evaluation of the graduate internship scheme (GIS) in Nigeria

Uche Agaecheta; Henry Ufomba; Eze Elekwachi; Marcel Ahamefule

doi:10.58934/jgss.v5i17.247

Youth employability and the problem of unemployment in Nigeria; an evaluation of the graduate internship scheme (GIS) in Nigeria

Uche Agaecheta
, Henry Ufomba
, Eze Elekwachi
, Marcel Ahamefule

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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Abstract

One of the biggest problems Nigeria faces in recent times is the high level of youth unemployment. To address this, the Nigerian federal government framed and implemented the Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS) in 2012. The main objective of the GIS programme is to drive youth unemployment down by providing employability skills, work experience and opportunity to create business through internship placement, career development and entrepreneurship skills training. However, after a decade of the GIS programme, the problem of youth unemployment in Nigeria remains high. Armed with this observation, this study evaluated the outcome of the GIS programme to uncover the performance of the programme in terms of serving its objectives. To this end, this study surveyed participants of the GIS programme. The data collected showed that GIS has a poor outcome

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	69-93
Number of pages	25
Journal	Journal of Global Social Sciences
Volume	5
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.58934/jgss.v5i17.247
Publication status	Published - Mar 2024

UN SDGs

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SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

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Unemployment
Youth Employment
Graduate Internship Scheme

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Youth employability and the problem of unemployment in Nigeria; an evaluation of the graduate internship scheme (GIS) in Nigeria

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