The National Youth Employment Program (NYEP) of Ghana was established in 2006 by the

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administration. It is an agency under the

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Youth unemployment

Youth unemployment in Ghana is a major issue in the country. 2011

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country statistics for youth unemployment in Ghana found that 65 percent of Ghanaian youth are unemployed. The

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stated in 2011 that yearly youth unemployment in Ghana increases by 250,000.

History/Historical antecedent

The NYEP was created in October 2006 to address the country's youth unemployment with the aim of empowering Ghanaian youth so they could add positively to the socio-economic and sustainable development of the nation.

Functions of NYEP

The functions of the program are: #to offer employment to the Ghanaian youth #to offer requisite working experience to post- national Service personnel #to provide Ghanaian youth with employable skills

NYEP personnel

The NYEP employs Ghanaian youth between the ages of 18 and 35 years who are literate, illiterate, able and or

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Modules of NYEP

The program started with nine modules in 2006. New modules are regularly created to promote the program's objectives. The modules train unemployed youth for service. The nine modules which the program was started upon are: Youth in Security Services, Youth in Fire Prevention, Youth in Immigration, Youth in Agri-Business, Youth in Health Extension, Youth in Waste and Sanitation, Youth in Paid Internship, Youth in Community Teaching Assistants, Youth in Trades and Vocation, Youth in Eco-Brigade, Youth in

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Successes

In May 2007, the program had employed 95,000 youths in the various modules. In February 2011, it was announced that the program had recruited, trained and employed over 108,000 unemployed youth in 15 employment modules.

Future of NYEP

In February, 2011 a new three-year strategic plan developed by NYEP was announced. The plan estimated that through the implementation of new modules and NYEP policies, the program would engage 400,000 youth by the end of 2013.