Chapter 670 Population Movement
Mbeya City, Secondary School No. 2.
"Rod, where are you going after graduation?" asked Hagens.
Graduation season is here, and students graduating from East African secondary schools will also face the problem of employment. Of course, those with outstanding grades can continue to stay on campus, but they are only a very small minority. Most people still have to choose where to go.
"Who knows! But according to my grades and my family's arrangement, I will probably inherit the blacksmith shop from my father, or go to the factory. As for farming, I don't know how to do it!"
"Ah, this is the benefit of mastering a skill. People like me will most likely have to return to the village farm to work."
"Haha, I'm only halfway there. My father hasn't taught me the blacksmithing skills in a systematic way. After all, the blacksmith shop is dirty and tiring, and I basically don't participate in the work when I get home every day. So even if I inherit my father's business, I have to start from scratch. And this is also related to grades. The better the grades, the more options there are. The top ones can study abroad, and the second best ones can go to college in China. The top few students in school can also be assigned good jobs."
"You mean I'm a poor student!" Rhodes said resentfully.
"You think too much. My grades are not much better than yours. We are brothers, right? Besides, working in a blacksmith shop is not necessarily better than working on a farm. Hammering iron is hard work, and you have to work all year round. The whole village can only rely on our family for ironwork maintenance."
"Who knows where that guy Caird is going? I heard his father plans to assign him to a government agency!"
"It's probably not an important position. He will most likely work as a police officer under his father. After all, officials now have educational requirements. If he takes the civil service exam, this guy Caird will definitely not pass it."
"The civil service exam is too difficult and the competition is too fierce. If I had good grades, I would also like to apply for the exam, but I have no background and poor grades, so it's better to save the registration fee."
In the social environment of East Africa, government workers are bound to be more popular, and this is mainly reflected in the middle and lower-level government officials.
After all, once you reach a high official position, you can live a pretty good life in every country, so we still have to look at the treatment of grassroots staff.
"Joining the army is not bad, but the navy's requirements are too high. Our school only recruited two people last year. I heard that the food in the navy is better than that in the army!"
"The food in the army is already top-notch, and the food in the navy is just icing on the cake, and you can get access to more things. Of course, the navy also depends on where you are assigned. If it is a remote place like the South Ryukyu Islands or the Comoros Islands, wouldn't it be terrible!"
"Haha, the army is even worse. If you are assigned to Southwest Africa or the Congo rain forest, it will be very torturous, and there will be many threats to face."
"That's better than ordinary people. Once you join the army, your treatment won't be bad. After you retire, you can enjoy certain privileges and have a certain social status. This alone is enough. Besides, the conditions in the army have improved a lot now. You can get in touch with many new things. It's also good to broaden your horizons."
Factory construction has been relatively frequent in East Africa in recent years, so more and more graduates can enter factories to work. This also represents a direction of industrialization in East Africa, with personnel flowing towards industries.
In addition to students, the East African government also transferred some people working in the east to the west, which is also one of the basic national policies of East Africa at present.
The population distribution in East Africa is uneven, especially in the western region, so population migration is very important, mostly for job transfers.
Mbeya No.1 Steel Plant
"This year our factory will send 15 people to work in Harare to support the industrial development in the west. I advise you to think more about it. The environment in Harare is no worse than that in Mbeya, and in the future many heavy industries in East Africa will inevitably be located in Harare. Because the west has more resources, the prospects are much better than that in Mbeya." The director of the First Steel Plant mobilized.
However, there were few responses, which is normal. Those who can work in the First Steel Plant in Mbeya City all have families in Mbeya and naturally do not want to move to other cities.
"Mbeya is not far from Harare, it only takes a few days, and it is by rail. Everything has been arranged there, and they are just waiting for the workers to move in. Besides, Mbeya's steel production capacity will definitely decrease in the future, while Harare's will continue to increase, which also means more stability. Even if there is unemployment, there are more job opportunities in Matabele Province than in South Salzburg Province. After all, Matabele Province is the first industrial province in East Africa."
Being a worker in an East African steel factory is not a one-time job. A group of workers will be screened out regularly based on the last-in-first-out system, so the factory manager would say that.
"Director, you are just wasting your time. The Mbeya Steel Plant is doing great. Why are you just thinking about sending people west?"
"Humph, what do you mean by messing around? This is a national strategy. Don't feel wronged. In fact, not only our First Steel Plant, but also government agencies, schools, other factories, and even villages, have requested to send people to the western inland area."
"The purpose of doing this is obvious. The population in the west is too small, and so much land and resources are not being used. Therefore, the development of the west naturally requires support from the east. In addition, the conditions in the west have been improving in recent years, especially in the provinces of Hohenzollern, Swabia, and Matabele. The basic conditions of these three provinces are no worse than those in the east. In fact, Matabele has the momentum to surpass the central province."
East Africa’s emphasis on Matabele Province is obvious, and this is also in line with the geographical location of Matabele Province. From Mbeya to the west are the three central provinces, and this is one of the most resource-rich regions in East Africa, so it can better connect the spillover industries and population from the east.
The spillover of industries and population to the east is naturally a compulsory action of the government, because according to the population level of East Africa, the eastern region is actually far from exceeding its actual carrying capacity.
After all, the eastern region has an area of more than two million square kilometers and a population of only more than 20 million. This small population accounts for two-thirds of East Africa. The population density in the east is completely insignificant compared with that of European countries.
"The country's consideration is naturally to better develop our country, so supporting the west is inevitable. Moreover, the west is not a den of dragons and tigers. There was a westward movement in the early years, but this slogan has been stopped in recent years."
The westward movement was a product of East Africa ten years ago. At that time, the western provinces were truly a wilderness. Now, the results of the westward movement have long been reflected, including large-scale infrastructure projects such as the Central Railway, which have improved the living environment in the west. This has led to the current major industrial changes in East Africa.
However, as time went by, the westward movement gradually died down, but the policy has been steadily advancing, which is also related to the decline in the immigrant population from East Africa.
"It's easy to go to the West now, but it may be difficult to go there in the future. Opportunities are for those who are prepared. There are definitely more opportunities in the West than in the East, so think more about your future. Anyone who wants to sign up can sign up with me tomorrow. If no one is gathered in three days, then I can only assign people according to the old rules!"
As a factory director, he has relatively great power, but if his subordinates take the initiative, it will save face for everyone.
(End of this chapter)
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