Life off Campus Program

Young people’s situation and future prospects are of vital concern to us all. Many of them face high unemployment or joblessness and serious difficulties in getting a firm foothold into the labor market and business environment. Many leave education institutions without the requisite information, skills or competences needed in today’s economy and society. Many are also experiencing falling relative (and sometimes real) wages and considerable uncertainty as to whether or not they will be able to settle into good career.

But at the same time, our ageing societies need, more than ever before, to harness the potential of all of our young people. Youth represents a tremendous potential development of human capital which a world cannot afford to neglect. The impact of technological changes in the fields of business and economy mostly has been felt and demands a concrete response.

This response involves a clear information sharing system, change of teaching techniques of business skills and the training of skilled manpower to target economy and gearing up human resources to meet the challenges of our global world.

Although unemployment has increased due to recession, many of the youths are technically not unemployed. More youths are economically inactive and enrolled in schools or vocational training.