Dear Editor,

As a proud citizen of this beautiful twin island state, I felt extremely elated to hear about the plans that the Education minister & his ministry has in the pipeline, concerning the merging of our tertiary level institutions.

Placing these institutions under one umbrella is definitely the right step going forward in the right direction. Of course, I must tip my hat to the education minister.

Now on the flip side, I am a bit perplexed as to why the Gov’t is making tertiary level education a priority on their agenda but not simultaneously focusing on making jobs available for the young people who are graduates from these illustrious institutions and beyond.

It is my view, that the two should go hand in hand. When students graduate, the public, statutory & even the private sector should have as a priority, their arms wide open to welcome these students after they are through with their studies.

Many persons in the public sector are now aged and at the same time, they are not synced with the new technology and hence, not making that meaningful contribution to the public’s operation. With these youngsters coming on board, they will no doubt bring new energy and new concepts to the employment table.

Too many times there have been articles on various news portals about the plea of young graduates, trying to seek gainful employment.

Our prime minister along with his two eldest active statesmen in cabinet, needs to carry out an audit or introspection of how & who is employed within the public sector. They need to think outside of the box and find means and ways to get our young people full-time into the employment sector.

It was pleasing to hear the health minister sharing his sentiments about the young nurses and their future of fitting into the health care system even as nurse assistants until they become fully qualified registered nurses.

However, nothing was mentioned about the young doctors who have graduated from various esteemed institutions with their medical degrees but are facing challenges to be absorbed into the health care system as junior doctors or assistants etc and so, they are left in the cold to fend for themselves.

Charity always begins at home. Our young human resources need to be better taken care of. It is the only way of building an Economic Powerhouse.

Alex