Imagine a mind of an unemployed? What do you see? A sad face or a happy face?
If you try to analyze a mind of a person, has no job, what are the ways that you can analyze his position, social and financial?
Socially, psychologically and economically. These are the ways you can analyze the status of a person,unemployed, according to my knowledge.
Sociologically what do you think he or she may experience, face as an inevitable member of a society, during his or her dealings with others of the society, when he or she doesn’t earn a single penny or a pound or a euro?
How do you rate or weigh or measure their ‘personalities’? Backward, forward, fearless, challenging, applause-able, rewardable?
If the unemployed is an adult person (not below 18 years of age according to local rules and regulation. This limit may slight differ in other geographical segments) if he or she still depends on others, on what others earn, do you think in any society the rest of the society treat, he or she in dignity , respectfully?
I know how some call such ones. Nikama (useless fellow), wedakata nethi eka( has no worth, no use for any work) modaya (fool) awasanawanthaya (unlucky) etc. the situation become worse if the unemployed is a male. In our society if you find a man doing nothing, or has no job, he gets no reward, praises from the society he lives. They were sort of cornered. We live in a patriarchal society meaning ours is not a matriarchal society and father or the eldest male member of the family always play the role of ‘head of family’ and to maintain his headship and as a sole decision maker of the family, it is a must that he earn a living. It was same in the ancient society, even if you keep it a side, the role of men in a family in the modern era we live.
A young man or a grownup man cannot demand him before any clang of or group of or network of society, if he earns ‘no rupees’, rupiahs or rubles etc. every person has social and economic needs. To fulfill such needs they need money, except for beggars, those who inherited any wealth from the ancient, they have to work and earn.
What do you do for living? This was/is one of the popular ways asking or judding or justifying his financial ability, by others especially by the elders of a young girl, bride before giving their certification or approval for a marriage. It was no matter whether you own a cattle or a farm or a piece of paddy land, what they were bothered about was male member’s ‘ability to run the family without becoming a burden to rest of the members of the family or to the rest of the society. Such individuals never get any recognition even from peers, unless the person has issues apparent, physical for instance. Except them, others are not pardoned in this matter.
Though there were no labour rules or no age barriers back then, now the situation is different. Now, there are definitions given to with regard to ‘formal education, to engage in a job, ‘the age demarcations’. A person below 18 years of age is a child and no child is allowed to work at any shop, factory or any entity established to deal with earning money, any profit oriented agency etc. they are not allowed to contribute labour forcefully or for wages. Though there are specifications given, according to the law, pertaining to formal education, the child mostly given no choice if they fails an exam to continue their education, especially after ordinary level examination.
For a student to continue with their formal education after O/L s, they must study and sit for the other decisive exam called ‘advanced level examination’. In order to eligible for further education, to study at state maintained Universities for instance, it is a must that they ‘pass’ the exam, earning required marks decided by the University Grant Commission of the country.
Further, if they unable to pass or get eligibilities to study further, they have other options; either they can study at private institutes established locally or elsewhere, or find a job or start their carrier life with remaining qualifications gained from formal education. i.e. ordinary level exam.
According to local education systems, there are two main stages that a student stop gaining, receiving formal education. One is when a student fails his or her ordinary level examination and the second is when the student fails his or her advance level examination, as I mentioned earlier.
Imagine within a year, total number of students sitting for the ordinary level examination = 100 000
And the total number gained required eligible marks to do study further, advance level = 95, 000
What is the number failed to study further = 5 000.
What are the options available for this 5000 students, who had to stop involving, receiving formal education and find a job at the latter stage of life?
What are the available job options for a person who passed only his or her ordinary level examination?
- They can work or start as a labourer, skilled or otherwise, for a daily basis wages, weekly or monthly.
- Start their own home-based enterprise /self-employment if they have the capital and if get any reasonable, less burden credits, or loans.
- If there are any projects that the government provide job opportunities for individuals like them.
If not The government must have a policy that they give every person who fails their ordinary level examination a job fair enough to live. What other options they have?
- Stay at home, doing nothing eating and wearing what the other members of the family give or getting any remittances provide by state or any other welfare organization, government or non-government, until they reach the age ‘35’ to start their carrier as a three wheeler driver if they choose it as their ‘profession’, because according to the new haho about ‘age limit of obtaining or earning a license to drive a three wheeler is age 35 (?).
What do you think a person below 35 would choose as their carrier option, especially when they are given very limited options to choose with, from what they like, from available job categories, professions?
Isn’t choosing whatever job a person prefer, a ‘right’? isn’t it good to let them enjoy their rights ‘decision making’ with regard to their carrier life, without barring them? Even within such a background if you find unemployment rate is considerably not low or not 0% , is it worth setting or establishing rules you imprison their ‘right to choose the jobs they prefer’?
Let’s go on to the other level. According to my example given above (assumed) only, 95, 000 of them were eligible to study and face their advance level examination. If you find, out of them, only 90 000 passed their advance level examination and even out of rest of them only 80 000 of them gained eligibility to study further at the Universities, what picture can you imagine of, of their life, future?
Only 5000 students may find a job based on their results - advance level, if only any opportunities or vacancies available in the private or public job market. What about the other 5000 students who failed their advance level examination?
They have the same options above mentioned. As we know, according to the data provided by the census and statistics of the country, the unemployment rate is not very low.
Please view information given below I gathered from the internet, data provided for our viewing by census and statistics. This information may provide you some background to think further if you, private or public sector agencies with regard to your decisions ‘hiring labour/ personal for their entities/institutes.
- The total population in Sri Lanka was estimated at 21.4 million people in 2017, according to the latest census figures. Looking back, in the year of 1960, Sri Lanka had a population of 9.9 million people
- Youth Unemployment Rate in Sri Lanka decreased to 18.30 percent in the third quarter of 2017 from 20 percent in the second quarter of 2017. Youth Unemployment Rate in Sri Lanka averaged 24.89 percent from 1992 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 38.10 percent in the first quarter of 1994 and a record low of 15.40 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015
- The number of unemployed persons in Sri Lanka increased to 372135 in the first quarter of 2018 from 342210 in the fourth quarter of 2017. Unemployed Persons in Sri Lanka averaged 492192.67 from 1990 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 953794 in the fourth quarter of 1990 and a record low of 282648 in the second quarter of 2017
I have a fear, when the individuals not given freedom to job, they may end up engaging other illegal ways to earn a living. Rob a bank, a house, sell illegal stuff, such as heroine, ganja, kassippu etc. when you think of establishing new acts or rules and regulations with regard to one’s carrier you have to think of those things as well. To protect a law you cannot break another. If you have the proof as to ‘only age below 35 breaks ‘traffic laws it is terrific. But it is not, we know it very well. Kindly consciously review, view data available at the relevant authorities as to know who and when an accident occurs or a traffic or road rule is not respected. Do you find those who guilty of such offenses shows some age significances or some patters that shows some specific ‘age limits / levels’?
Please do not steal an opportunity unless try to provide plenty of them for the needy.
Thank you for reading and wish you all peace of mind.
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