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The Youth Employment Summit being held in the city addresses the unemployment
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THE YOUTH
Employment Summit (YES) currently being held in Hyderabad till December 18
is a platform where critical issues concerning the youth are being deliberated.
Hosted by the Directorate of Youth Services, Government of AP and organised
in association with the Education Development Center, Boston, USA, the forum
at Hyderabad has over 600 high level representatives from government, multilateral
and bilateral agencies, civil society, business, international donors and
youth delegates from over 20 YES Country Networks from ASEAN & SEAMO
and SAARC countries. These erudite leaders will discuss methods of developing
an equitable and just market place that will ensure a sustainable growth
of jobs for the youth. Firdous
Ali, a student feels that youth employment generation is imperative for the
overall development of society. "India is teeming with a large number of
unemployed youth who need direction. Therefore, the Hyderabad YES regional
forum will prove beneficial to youngsters." With the aim of giving the students
of Hyderabad a chance to put forth their views on issues of development YES
and the Directorate of Youth Services conducted inter-college competitions
- essay writing and elocution - at St. Francis College recently. Some
of the colleges that participated were Sardar Patel College, S.N. Vanitha
Mahavidyala, Sarojini Naidu College, A.V. College, R.M. College of Social
Work, Government Degree College, New Science College and the hosts St. Francis
College. Issues on rural development and HIV/AIDS found many concerned youngsters
voicing their opinion. The YES campaign was launched at the Alexandra Summit
in 2002. YES' framework for action includes Employment Creation, Employability,
Entrepreneurship, Equity, and Environmental Sustainability. Hyderabad
and its youth have responded with alacrity to the objective of youth employment
that YES propagates. Over 150 students have volunteered to help in the smooth
running of all operations. "It would be really nice if we could also be
participating," feels Sidharth S. of Bhavan's College "because employability
is for the youth and entrepreneurship comes from the youth." YES has definitely
generated an awareness of the conditions of fellow youth across the globe.
All eyes are now on the Forum to see how YES works.
UZMA HYDER
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