Morung Express News
Dimapur | January 20
Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome IAS has said that the rising number of educated unemployed youth in Nagaland was extremely alarming and added that the issue was a ticking time bomb.
Speaking at the one day programme on Pradhan Mantri Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) at Pinnacle Skills, Dimapur on Wednesday, Yhome stressed on the urgent need to address the issue in right time although he added that the time to attend to the problem was overdue. “The alarming number of 70, 000 registered educated unemployed youth is extremely disturbing not forgetting those who have not been registered yet,” Yhome said. With the advancement of technology, many people have been thrown out of employment since it is now about people who have skills to works, he added.
He pointed out the irony of education system stating that illiterate or uneducated people somehow find avenues to earn livelihood while educated people find it difficult to do so. “This is the tragedy of our education system,” Yhome asserted.
However, Yhome also gave due credit to the education system of the past which his contemporaries have all evolved. “But what was relevant in the past is not relevant today,” he added.
He urged upon the people to understand this matter and reorient their entire horizon to a new direction reiterating that the 21st century does not have space for unskilled people.
He expressed the hope that the central flagship programme of PMKVY would take the youths for a giant leap and begin a new chapter towards a positive direction.
Dr. Sapna, in charge of Northeast, National Skills Development Corporation talked about availability of potentials for self employment in the northeast region. She said that the region has been isolated for sometime but that it was high time to give importance to northeast.
More than hundred students were registered to attend the PMKVY programme.
