Chief Adviser to the interim government Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus today (Aug 17) said the youth and students should be placed at the heart of strategies in the Global South as they are committed to creating a new world.

"We must place the youth and students, who constitute a significant portion of the Global South's population, at the heart of our strategies. Two thirds of our population are youth. They are the most powerful segment of the society," he said.

The Chief Adviser was virtually addressing the Inaugural Leaders' Session of 3rd Voice of Global South Summit 2024 hosted by India.

He said the youth are different, they are capable and they are technologically far ahead of the previous generation.

"They can make all impossible possible. They are entrepreneurial. Jobs they want, not because they enjoy it but because there is nothing else available, just because they are prepared by an education system in all our countries to get ready for jobs. Their creative capacities are forgotten. Yet, all human beings are born as creative beings. They are natural entrepreneurs," he said.

But, Prof Yunus said, the education and financial systems are built only for creating job seekers and providing jobs for them, so the systems should be redesigned.

"We hope we can do it together in the Global South, which is rich with fantastically creative young population. Combining entrepreneurship with social business can create miracles. We would like to propose some common facilities in the Global South to take coordinated efforts to unleash the creativity and energy of our young population through social business," he added.

BDST: 1557 HRS, AUG 17, 2024
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