Causes and Consequences of Educated Youth Unemployment in Hawela Tula Sub City of Hawassa City Administration, Sidama Region, Ethiopia

Abstract Now, one of Ethiopia's most pressing issues is the rise in unemployment among educated youth. The majority of young people in Ethiopia pursue formal education in the hopes of improving their lives and means of subsistence. Despite the expectations and hopes that young people and their families have for education, which are connected to increased social mobility and bettering one's standard of living, the majority of youth face difficulties with unemployment after they have graduated from University or college and are unemployed for a protracted period of time. Hawassa City is experiencing a serious crisis. The purpose of this study was to better understand the prevalence of educated young unemployment in Hawela Tula sub city of the Hawassa city administration by identifying its causes and consequences. The study identifies the major causes of educated youth unemployment, evaluates the consequences of educated youth unemployment in the study area, and proposes a solution to the educated unemployed youth problem. The study relied heavily on descriptive qualitative and quantitative data. The primary data were gathered from 377 educated unemployed youths who were chosen using snowball sampling techniques. The Hawela Tula sub city of the Hawassa City Administration was specifically chosen to provide access to the respondents. Both interviews and questionnaire were used to gather the data. The analysis of the data collected using various methodologies were done in accordance with the study's goals. The results of the study indicates the unemployed youth education level, rural urban migration status, duration of time unemployed and living condition. Founded on the objectives of the study: lack of entrepreneurship skill, low quality of education, mismatch of skill with the labor market, Population growth, State Failure to create adequate job, Bad ethics, Addiction and Dependency were identified as the causes and consequences of educated youth unemployment. Based on the research result, recommended that the action should be taken to improve the responsiveness of educational institutions to the needs of the labor market by strengthening the connection between educational institutions and the labor market in order to lessen the problem of skill mismatch.