The youth make up the great majority of the population of South Sudan, with approximately 70% being below the age of 35 years. The SDP believes that this huge and energetic human resource potential must be harnessed towards our country’s development. The SDP shall work in close partnership with the industries to offer youth training in life skills, employability, and entrepreneurship. The SDP Government shall undertake the following measures and initiatives aimed at reducing youth unemployment and promoting wealth creation among the youth:

• Launched the plans and policies that are aimed at upskilling the youth population through apprenticeship training to a more skilled, economically better off youth that is patriotic.
• Work in partnership with the private sector to put in place programs and plans for youth employment.
•  Build at least one technical trades college that is well-equipped in each state, to enhance skills training for the youth.
• There will be creation of jobs opportunities for youth through massive infrastructure projects such as roads, schools and hospitals that will commence as soon as the SDP takes the country’s leadership.
•  Youth’s in the rural areas will not be left behind as the SDP will make sure they acquire university education as well as technical skills training.
• Initiate programs to enable youth participation in governance institutions, such as the parliament, local authorities and other government institutions for them to acquire leadership skills.
  
• Provide practical business skills development and entrepreneurship programmes for youths to gain business and business management skills.
  
• Promote youth participation in the creative industries (art, culture and recreation) as a major source of jobs creation.
  
• Build capacity among youths to enable them to successfully participate in business entrepreneurship.
  
•  Work in cooperation with the financial institutions and local banks to fund youth business start-ups.
•  Establish apprenticeship and internships programmes for school-leavers and graduates from tertiary institutions to enable them to acquire practical work experience in information and communications technology (ICT) and other marketable skills that are in demand in the job market.
•  Promote sporting activities and world class training in sports and healthy competition to engage the energies of the youth for them to achieve their sporting dreams.
•  Establish monitoring and evaluation mechanism in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, to track implementation of all youth programs