Abstract:

In this study on the factors of unemployment among graduates in Butembo in the DRC, we wanted to identify the type of the first employment opportunities that graduates seek and educational factors of unemployment among graduates and to find skills and strategies to develop employability for graduates. We questioned 74 from secondary school and 48 from tertiary education. The results obtained with chi-square at the 1% or 5% threshold showed that they all have the same obstacles, the lack of necessary employability skills. We found that graduates apply for higher-paying professions such as humanitarian work and commercial companies without taking into account their study specialty. There are many factors contributing to unemployment. They are mainly educational, namely: a) Field of study which is not in demanded on the job market or is very popular or is still unclear for an employment perspective; b) Poor learning of employability skills, lack of computer skills, lack of local environment knowledge, lack langue mastery, lack of motivation to work; c) Outdated and truncated learning content; d) Poor learning conditions, lack of laboratory, insufficient teaching materials, and e) Theoretical and collective learning approach with an insufficient internships period. To solve these challenges, it is necessary to focus learning on computer skills practices, values, local environment concepts, local language, English and French, job search technique by updating and professionalizing learning with workplace learning and inverted classroom learning approaches and internships sufficient period.

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