Mehmet Alper Dinçer and Gökçe Uysal Kolaşin
In Turkey, the schooling and labor force participation of 6.3 millions people in the age group 15-19 seems dire. 1.6 million young men and 1.9 million young women do not attend school. 61 percent of young males and 72 of young females who do not attend school did not proceed onto the high school. Those who are not in the labor market encounter unfavorable conditions. Most of them work 40 hours or more per week without social security. 17 out of every 100 are unemployed.
2 million, 600 thousand males and 1.4 million females, in the age group 15-19 neither go to school nor work. They are not even searching for a job. What is to be done? This generation, which will constitute the backbone of human capital of the country in the 2020’s, can hardly respond to the needs of development. Unfortunately, Turkey does not have much time to answer this question and ameliorate the situation.
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