Mombasa's youth have been challenged to study foreign languages to be able to compete in the International job market.

The C.EO International Jaamia of Languages and Professional studies Dr. Hassan Kinyua made the appeal during a career fair held in Mombasa on Saturday.

According to Kinyua, this will help the youth appreciate global diversity and expands their thinking horizons as they grow up to be responsible global citizens.

He noted that this will be one way of tackling unemployment in the country.

"As we all know Mombasa is a tourism city, we have so many visitors from foreign land who come here, we have so many hotels here, so as a youth, learning foreign languages puts you in an advantage position when it comes job opportunities. These tourists need someone who will understand them and who they can easily communicate to" argued Kinyua.

Adding "It is not only in the hotel industry where you can get a job, we have opportunities in the shipping industry, most of these ships have foreigners onboard and usually travel to other foreign countries, how do you expect to be employed in that industry if you dont know the foreign languages."

He further noted that the World is now turning into a global village thus the need for the youth to equip themselves with enough skills.

"You cannot be just sitting there waiting for a job opportunity yet you have not equipped yourself with the necessary skills."

"As an institution, we saw there is a need for our youths to equip themselves and that is why we started teaching foreign languages, we teach over six foreign languages and have a presence here in Mombasa."