The Purple Ray believes in and promotes technical skills-based education as the solution to the unemployment problem facing young people in Uganda. The skilling approach complements the new MOES competence based Secondary School curriculum. We promote innovation, general vocational education and training, either at schools or on the job as a necessary precondition for the employability and productivity of young people. Vocational education and training is a crucial element as it has been proved to link young people ‘s competences with employers ‘needs. We believe that bringing vocational training closer to the needs of dynamically changing and evolving labour markets and economies will help young people move into more productive and sustainable jobs. Our Job Creation, Entrepreneurship and vocational training program targets youth in marginalized communities including those in hard to reach and protected areas to ensure provision of alternative job searching or employment creation skills as a measure for reducing dependency and pressure on natural resources for income generation among the youth. We are developing a youth innovation centre that will act as a hub of new ideas, incubation and innovations in job creation.
