Rising numbers of university students could relieve to ease the cycle of inequality and violence in the region but they need quality jobs,says Rebeca Grynspan, secretary general of the Ibero-American General SecretariatUnemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean increased in 2015 for the first time in five years, and from 6.2% to 6.7%,a figure that could rise further over the coming year. It suggests a bleaker outlook for young people; a lack of opportunities that is engulfed in the region’s issues concerning violence and the war on drugs. How can this vicious cycle of insecurity be broken? The assertive Rebeca Grynspan, secretary general of the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), and says succinctly: “Employment is the problem,and education is the answer. But we need quality education, and at the moment we don’t believe that.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com