The high rate of youth unemployment is attributed to a number of factors, including:    Employers regard unskilled, inexperienced jobseekers as a risky investment; Schooling is not a reliable signal of capabilities, and low school quality leads to poor workplace learning capacity; and Employers consider entry-level wages to be too high relative to the risk of hiring these inexperienced workers. In addressing these challenges government has put in place both short-and long-term strategies that encompass increasing demand for labour, improving education and skills, and labour market interventions that improve the employability of young people, these include:  The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) drafted the Integrated Youth Development Strategy (IYDS) as a holistic response to addressing the socioeconomic needs of young people in South Africa. It is aligned with key national policy frameworks such as the National Youth Policy (NYP), the National Industrial Policy Framework (NIPF), the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) and the NGP. It focuses on six thematic areas derived from the NYP, namely: Economic Participation, Education and Skills Development, Health and Wellbeing, Social Cohesion and National Youth Service, Sports & Recreation and Youth Work. The Integrated Youth Development Strategy is currently a draft under review and is not government policy yet.  The scaling up of the National Youth Service scheme (NYS) using key government projects such as Extended Public Works Programme and working with NGOs like City Year SA to increase their skills and employability and to provide structured work opportunities for young unemployed people; 61