SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG YOUTHS
SUB-TOPIC:

SOLUTIONS TO UNEMPLOYMENT ANMONG

Name: Talecia Jackson

greatly in the completion of this project. First and foremost, I would like to thank the

creator for spearing my life to see and making it thus far in reaching to where I am

heading. To my teacher, Ms Fennel, who is always there for me ensuring that this project

is completed and is properly done. Last but not least, my parent who supports me and

gives me kind words of encouragement when I could not see my way through this

project. Your time and sacrifices were well appreciated. To everyone else who played a

major role in putting this project together, a big thank you goes out to you and in the end

I would reap all that was put in because of your help and your sacrificial time.
 INTRODUCTION
Unemployment represents the number of people in the work force who wants to work but do not

have a job. The aim of this project is to find meaningful solutions to unemployment especially

among the youths. Unemployment has different causes but really, persons do not really focus on

what can be done to lower the rate of unemployment in our society especially among the youths.

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 PLAN OF INVESTIGATION

The topic of this project is Solutions to Unemployment among Youth. This issue worries me

because I often times wonder if I will be able to get a job and if the unemployment rate will

decrease. I have a personal interest on this topic as it will help me to have a clearer

understanding on this issue and also to find meaningful solutions to this issue. I intend to use

three pieces of material, which will be a written article about unemployment, a brief interview of

a person who was unemployed and a documentary that involves the solution to unemployment.
 Table of content

Acknowledgement……………………………………………… 1

Introduction………………………………………………………… 2

Plan of Investigation……………………………………………. 3

Written Article…………………………………………………….. 4

Reflection: Entry 1……………………………………………….. 5

Entry 2………………………………………6

Entry 3…………………………………7

Written Report………………………………………………………..8

Oral Presentation……………………………………………………………… 9

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Reflection 1
The issue of unemployment has many solutions. Putting together my three artifacts, which were
a written article, a brief documentary and an interview on this issue among youths has changed
the way in which I think of the about this issue greatly.

After reading the article entitled Youth Unemployment High, Says ILO from the Gleaner
Newspaper, showed how the rate of unemployment increased yearly. I personally thought that
being unemployed will take about 1 to 3 years before getting a permanent job. This though have
been erased after putting in much consideration about this issue. The solution entrepreneurship
was the best solution that came to mind. Being an entrepreneur allows unemployed persons to
become their own bosses for their own business. This way the unemployment rate will decrease.

In many countries, unemployment is one of the leading causes of poverty and broken homes.
When an individual is unemployed he or she, I thought, had no choice but to stay home and wait
for another opportunity to come up. In my second artifact which was an interview of a person
who was unemployed, the interviewer what was the plan for his future he mentioned, if i recall
correctly, the he would do something in the skills field. This mentioned solution was deeply
examined for me. To do a skill, although it does not pay much, is somewhat better to do than to
stay home for months or years to get a job. Skills such as farming, engineering and technology
can be explored. With this entrepreneurship can come into play.

I thought that after doing full studies at the secondary or tertiary level unemployment is the first
things that grace the presence of the youths. In my third artifact, which explored on the average
amount of employee but a small number of employers. In this case, I became clueless as to how
this will be fixed. The solution in this piece was having a school of entrepreneur where students,
after being qualified, will not be searching for a job but creating their own. After having to think
about how the rate of unemployment will be lowered and the possible solutions to fix the
problem the solutions mentioned were deeply explored and my thoughts have been changed
during the process of this project.
Reflection 2

In my artifacts used focuses on the solutions to unemployment among youths. The youths within
the Caribbean and at large face this issue which makes it easier to identify exactly  what the issue
is and how it can be fixed.

My first piece of artifact was a newspaper article. In this article it spoke about youth
unemployment rate and how high it. In this we recognized a variety of styles used and its own
system of language means. This artifact should catch the eyes of reader with the heading entitled
Youth Unemployment High, Says ILO, speaks on a very common issue and in this way attracts
the attention of readers. The artifact was very informative of how high the unemployment rate
was which, I think, when the readers read, will find tangible solutions to fix the issue.

My second piece was an interview of a person who was unemployed.  Although the person who
was being interviewed was not shown, the tone of voice helped in identifying how the person
feels about the state that he was in. This will help viewers to deeply recognize how the issue of
unemployment make individuals in the situation feel and in the same way will draw attentions of
others who will be seeking employment.

The third piece of artifact was a brief documentary on unemployment.  The documentary
explored widely on how unemployment and where it will start from for youths. It is likewise
informative in terms of giving solutions to the issue which were useful. This information was
brought across as a means to attract viewers with the idea of animated graphics.

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Entry 3

The process of doing this SBA helped me as a student to become better as an individual because

doing this project allowed me to think outside of my usual thinking capacity and also helped me

to have a better understanding as to how to accept issues such as the topic of this project. Doing

this project also allowed me to widen my knowledge by reading and researching on current

issues such as the solutions to unemployment. It also helps me to identify the different tones used

in each piece of materials used and in approaching this issue differently.

As a student, after doing this project allowed me to want to contribute greatly on this issue by

creating businesses that will allow youths such as myself to have after leaving the secondary or

tertiary levels of studies. The solution to unemployment has to start from somewhere. In doing

this it allowed me to start thinking how I can become a better youth if I contribute greatly in

order for the rate of unemployment to decrease. Hence, doing this SBA helped me to shape my

mind on the issues and allowing me to think deeply on contributing so that youths and myself

can become better persons.

To begin this project, we formed groups of four and came up with ideas as to what this project

would be about. We used brainstorming to come up with the best research questions. The issue

of Human Trafficking was first introduced. We thought about issues that were current and the

idea of Unemployment was the ideal topic we came up with.

After our group meeting and discussions we decided to focus on two research questions. These

are:

1. How does the issue of unemployment affect youths within a society

2. How can families be influenced by the issue of unemployment

We put together how the causes, effects, influences and solutions to unemployment benefit us as

students. We also employed the SOAPSTONES strategy which will allow us to identify the full

tone of each piece in order to write this written report.

Planning this project with the group members showed that our different ideas combined together

with the issue of unemployment can allow us to know that this issue does affect youths within a

society and also families can be greatly influenced by this issue. The causes of unemployment

are numerous. As discussed with the group members causes such as under or over qualification,

lack of proper education along with others were mentioned which leads up to the effects of

unemployment which poverty, broken homes and family disconnectivity were mainly

highlighted. This is where the families are greatly influenced as members of the family will not

be able to benefit with the basic needs and wants they would require. The solutions to different

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issues mentioned under the topic of unemployment were to become our own bosses by creating

jobs- entrepreneurships. This way families and youths within the society will benefit greatly as

he or she will be bosses of their own companies if the solution is approached properly.
 ORAL PRESENTATION

My presentation will be about unemployment particularly the possible solutions to this

contemporary social issue. Unemployment is the state of being unemployed meaning being

without a source of income. This state gives rise to other issues. Issues such as poverty, broken

homes and even crime.

Should someone find themselves unemployed for whatever the reason. We live in a time where

we can qualify ourselves. There is Google, grants and scholarships and moneys there for us to

make ourselves eligible for employment.

Being qualified and unemployed is better than being unemployed and not qualified; after all, a

good education will never decay.

Entrepreneurship is another avenue to be explored. Persons that are now qualified can start their

own business and become their own boss. With entrepreneurship aspiration and ambition will

determine the heights reached. You can remain the boss of a small store or as far as having

Multi- National chains of factories. Entrepreneurship will see you move from unemployment to a

source of employment.

This disease of unemployment can be cured if addressed properly. If addressed properly we will

have for ourselves a better Jamaica and a better world.

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 UNEMPLOYMENT
Unemployment a dis really a gwan

Unemployment now mi back against the wall

Unemployment a weh mi ago do

Pickney hungry, food need fi cook.

Friday mi call fi a interview

Down a Pegasus yes pretty view

Qualifications have dat lock

All other documents pack up ina stock

Ina mi Sunday bess pretty like money

English tun up sweeter than honey

“I’m sorry miss but you’re not qualified”

Mi did a look if a me or a di fly

Mi nuh say noting mi nah try again

Mi ago build a shop roun’ a Grandspen.

Hehe watch customer fi kill

Some a walk, some a talk, some a bill

Mi feel good, pickney dem happy

Specially di likkle one weh name Pappy.

Unemployment a dis really a gwan

Unemployment now mi back affa di wall

Unemployment a weh mi start do

Pickney nuh hungry, food deh bout a cook.

Several hundred Jamaicans are among 75 million unemployed youth across the globe, many of

whom have given up on job hunting, according to the 2012 Globe Employment Trends for

Youth.

The report, released by the Geneva-based International Labor Organization (ILO), says that

youth employment has remained “close to its crisis peak” of 12.6 percent experienced in 2009,

with a projection that the rate could inch up the coming month if current economic challenges

persist.

According to the report, youth employment rose by four million between 2007 and last year with

the biggest increases occurring in the Caribbean and Latin America – from 13.7 percent in 2008

to 4.3 percent last year – as well as part of Europe, and South Asia.

A 2009 World Bank report estimates Jamaica’s youth unemployment stood at nearly 27 percent,

almost twice the region’s overall figure.

The ILO report says the relative decline in youth unemployment that was enjoyed across the

globe from 2002 to 2007 was effectively wiped out during the peak of the globe economic crisis

in 2009. The youth unemployment rate in Latin America and the Caribbean hit a high of 15.8 in

the year 2000, but by 2007 had declined to 14.1 percent.

“Medium-term projections (2012-16) suggest little improvement in youth labor markets. By

2016, youth unemployment rate is projected to remain at the same high level,” the report notes.

But the situation among the world’s youth, the report adds, is not likely to improve soon.

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“In comparison to other groups on the labor market, youth face a particularly difficult situation,

as is captured by the ratio of youth-to-adult unemployment rates. Globally, this ratio was 2.8 in

2011 and is projected at 2.7 in 2012. This means that in comparison with adult, youth continue to

be almost three times as likely to be unemployed, and elevated unemployment rate continue to

hit them disproportionally,” the report say.

The report also warns the “persistent and high youth unemployment has also important adverse

longer-term consequences for young people”.

“These include a higher risk of future unemployment, a prolonged period of unstable jobs and a

potentially depressed income growth. Such consequences may result from a deterioration of

skills but also from prospective employers’ negative perceptions of youth who have been out of

work for prolonged periods. Moreover, these effects are believed to be more severe for youth

entering the workforce with an education level below the tertiary level who are already in a

relative disadvantage position compared with their better educated peers. Apart from its

detrimental effect on future wages and employability, youth unemployment may hurt happiness,

job satisfactory and health for many years thereafter,” it states, pointing to other risks such as

increased vulnerability to future shocks, wage scars and social instability.