rums which are responsible for joint
which enables young people to
planning on youth development
move between different learning
responsibility of government alone,
and ensuring that reports work in
institutions,” she added.
it is a joint venture among differ-
conjunction with the set national
With regard to economic par-
“Youth development is not the
ent sectors. It is very important that
ticipation and transformation,
there is collaboration between
Hlagala said government is using
government, private sector and
covered the 2009–2014 term and
the Employment Youth Accord to
civil society on youth development,”
has since been reviewed in order to
make stakeholders commit to youth
Hlagala added.
develop the 2015–2020 plan which
development by ensuring that they
Cabinet signed off three years ago.
create jobs for young people.
priorities. The department’s first youth policy
“On health and combating
Hlagala said youth development can only be attained if sectors plan jointly and all invest in initiatives
Key priorities
substance abuse, we have the
that have maximum impact on the
The NYP 2015-2020 has five key
Adolescent Friendly Health Service
lives of the youth.
priorities:
initiative for young people,” she
• Education, skills and second
said.
chances. • Economic participation and transformation. • Health and combating substance abuse. • Social cohesion and nation building. • Effective and responsive youth development machinery. Hlagala said there have been many successes in achieving key
“On social cohesion and nation
“To ensure that there is sustainability of interventions, we need to make sure that young people are
building, we have been able to
brought on board and are not only
develop the National Youth Service
recipients of services. It is only when
Framework which we still have to
we approach young people from
implement,” she added.
a strong base that they will be able
On effective and responsive youth development machinery, government has the National Youth
to contribute to their own development,” she added. Hlagala said that the youth of
Development Agency (NYDA) as
South Africa are drawn into the
an institution responsible for youth
consultative process when policies
development.
that affect them are developed. She added that sustainability can
priorities. chances, she said one of the key
Joining hands to uplift the youth
successes is the improvement in
The implementation of the NYP
that are intended to improve their
the enrolment of young people in
does not come without challenges.
lives.
educational institutions.
One of the pressing concerns has
On education, skills and second
“Government has shown commitment to ensuring the increase in access to education, especially the
only happen if young people take full ownership of the programmes
While resources have been
been the private sector’s commit-
earmarked for youth development,
ment to job creation.
a lack of coordinated planning
“This is a sore point for us be-
often means that they are not
higher education sector,” she said,
cause young people need jobs, but
channelled to where they are most
alluding to the implementation of
then you find that although there
needed.
free higher education for the poor.
is the Youth Employment Accord
“There is also the articulation policy that has been approved,
Public Sector Manager • June 2018
But with key indicators identified
we are still not delivering on targets
in the Monitoring and Evaluation
that have been set,” she said.
Framework, all stakeholders will
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