Morung Express News
Dimapur | November 21
Annually, more than 86,000 Nagaland youths are facing acute unemployment problems, following their graduation from colleges every year. This startling, but not surprising information was revealed during a two-day workshop on unemployed youths in the region, which was organized by YES campaign, Smile centre (Guwahati) and Youth Collective (New Delhi) at Diphupar on November 21.
Setting up own business units and becoming self-employed entrepreneurs is the only remedy to solve some problem of unemployment, the workshop cautioned. That, resource activities like workshops would be meaningful only when the public put them into action, various resource persons stressed on the need to set up individual self-help groups (SHG).
On the recent unrest being seen among youths in India in general, and particularly Nagaland, the resource persons emphasized on the intervention of government departments and the Centre. They ought to provide grants to eligible candidates who have work and are satisfied with their performances in respective fields, the resource persons said. Many success stories from young SHGs of Nagaland were also shared during the program.
The workshop is a part of the ongoing Global Entrepreneurship Week, which has been on from November 17 and scheduled up to the 23rd. The week is being observed in different districts of the state.
Earlier, ‘The Entreprising Youth Centre’ was inaugurated by Dr. T. Lima Jamir, former NDO chairman and co-director of MMI, Texas, USA. Dr. Lima urged accessing own strength with a definite goal to achieve success. He said that ‘we should nurture relationship and develop discipline to use our time very wisely’. Various student leaders also spoke on the topic of entrepreneurship during the occasion.
