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6. Youth, Our National Asset
Almost half of Bhutan’s population is below the age of 26 years. ey are our nation’s wealth, our future. We are committed to creating favorable conditions for youth
to get a good start in life. We believe our youth are our strength and solutions to our nation’s problems. We will continue investing in our youth and equip them with skills, knowledge and values that will help them shape their own future, a better future.
We will support every youth to secure employment through a dedicated o ce. We will provide unemployment and sustenance allowance for youth who have been actively seeking employment for over one year and support them through appropriate measures to get employed. We will work towards eliminating school drop out rate at all levels of schooling and tertiary education and enhance access to college and university education through loans, grants and scholarships.
We will empower youth with disabilities and enable them to live with dignity through entrepreneurship trainings, provision of low interest loans and special allowances. We will initiate youth discount schemes for students and young people
for public transport and other government services.
7. Employment: Meaningful Jobs for All
We will continue to prioritize jobs creation and meaningful employment for all, with renewed focus on creating employment opportunities for our young people. We will continue to prioritize vocational
skills development and training given its immense opportunity in transforming the Bhutanese workforce and in generating employment opportunities. Our main focus will be on market driven skills development to facilitate immediate employment of vocational graduates in the industry.
We will develop a long-term National Workforce Plan to map jobs and forecast the labor market. We will continue to implement Direct Employment Program to ensure jobseekers are readily absorbed in the labor market. We will expand
the Overseas Employment Program by exploring international labor markets and collaborating with credible employment agencies to secure well-paying and meaningful jobs for our youth. We will introduce reintegration program to be implemented by a dedicated o ce to facilitate jobs creation for Bhutanese returning home a er working abroad.
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UNITY. STABILITY. PROSPERITY.