Governments don't have as much control over the job market as people think. Governments are there to regulate markets, so the world doesn't turn into a Cyberpunk distopian version of a banana republic. The only jobs a government can create is a government job. How many of us work for the state?
The problem is -and always has been- primary/high school. The rigid, re-education camp-style K-12 school system began in the early 20th century, during the industrial revolution. It was designed that way to prepare students -from an early age- to be prepared for the repetition and rigid schedules of classic-era factory work, where working for Ford or Crystler guranteed you $5 a day, for roughly 8 hours of labor. Kids are taught to stay quiet, do repeditive memory work, have their work inspected, and aren't allowed to exercise critical thinking skills, because that is exactly the type of factory worker companies need to manufacture goods.
The problem is, this school system is well adapted for factory work, but not for the modern era, where most jobs require you to have a brain, where critical thinking skills and leadership could mean the difference between life and death.
