Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:58:50 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO MOST youths in Zambia have been rendered destitute after completing school due to lack of proper career guidance programmes which cause them to make poor career decisions, the Youth in Action for Sustainable Development (YASD) has observed. Programmes manager Zebedy Lukwesa said that most people were engulfed in the career-choice quagmire because they were not availed with proper information on which programmes would be suited for them when they were still at school, leaving them vulnerable to unprofessional advice form the street. Mr. Lukwesa said as a result of the information gap in schools on what career path to take, most of the promising young people end up pursuing careers which they did not bargain for and become professional misfits. He said with the creation of two career paths in the Ministry of Education, there was need to enhance career guidance so that pupils can make […]
