Although there is a high level of unemployment but guaranteed job opportunities in the plantation field, youth (irrespective of their educational qualifications) do not wish to take up manual labour work in the agricultural sector.  This is mainly because manual work is perceived as a low status by all Sri Lankan society.

In order to address the youth employment problem one has to go through the policy cycle of problem identification and analyse the existing systems and has to redesign the policies to come out with new strategies by all the stake holders. As the plantation sector is one of the major labour intensive sectors in the country, it has a critical role to play in designing more and better jobs for young people.

Young women and men are invaluable assets that no country can afford to waste. They bring energy, talent and creativity to the world of work together with new skills and the motivation that enable companies to grow, innovate and prosper. It is essential to measure the pattern of youth employment in the plantation sector the important sector from which the country will have to depend on for decades to come.