I am a beneficiary of the SURE-P graduate internship scheme. I will be completing the programme in March 2014. I have these questions for those that had completed theirs or about to.
1. Is the government going to give us some amount of money to start up a business after completion of the programe? I am asking this question because I could figure out that the reason for setting up the scheme will not be achieved because we will all remain jobless at the end of the day except those that are lucky to be in big firms that can absorb them after completing their one year internship. I doubt if this could happen because most employers found it as an opportunity for free labour.

2. How will the GIS reduce unemployment if nothing is done about absorbing the 50,000-100,000 beneficiary the ministry of finance claim it is benefiting from the scheme if they are not fully provided an employment after the one year period or they are trained to set up a businesss and financed by the government?

3. Do you believe GIS has solved some problems concerning the high rate of unemployment? I do not see any future in it, it is just stacking 25k into the pocket of some
Jobless graduates. What will you do after you complete your one year internship? Start roaming the streets again?