Challenges And Opportunities Of Youth Employment In Burayu Town, Oromia Special Zone, Ethiopia

Abstract

Now days, the growth of youth unemployment is one of the critical socio-economic problems facing Ethiopia. The intensity of the problem is high in urban areas, where youth face serious difficulty in getting employment. The resear ch was conducted to analyze the challenges and opportunities of youth employment in Burayu town. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative data. For the effectiveness of the study, the researcher selected 148 respondentsfrom three Kebeles of Burayu town, by usingsimple random sampling. To reach the target respondents, the researcher used: questionnaire, interviews and focus group discussion instruments of data collection. the collected data was analyzed by using Microsoft exel and presented in pie chart and table format. Why because it is the basic fundamental of my tittle thesis.The result of the analysis showed that educational level and marital status were statistically significant challenges of youth employment in study area. Migrant status and sex were found insignificant related to youth employment. Based on the findings of the study the researcher recommends addressing the challenges and empowering women and giving advice for migrant, because of migration very effected on challemnges of youth employment that means when migration increases the problem of challenges of youth employment also inreases and increasing investment in training institution and linking the training institution with labor market, Promoting challenges of youth enterprises development and self-employment.