AUGUST 20 — Fresh off the successful and timely lowering of the voting age, I am glad that the Ministry of Youth and Sports is working on another glaring gap in youth empowerment — financial remuneration for interns.
Given that interns are usually either still studying or in the early stages of their career, not paying them means that they would have to fork out their own money for subsistence. And if the internship is in another region or state, then there will be accommodation and transport expenses to contend with.An example of this taken to the extreme are the prestigious albeit unpaid United Nation internships.
There are also concerns that legislating intern wage will discourage companies or non-governmental organisations from taking in more interns or any at all. In most local universities, it is encouraging to see that internships are a compulsory part of the diploma/degree structure. However, most of these institutions provide limited support to ensure their students obtain suitable internships and once deployed, make the most out of their experience.
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