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The Study On Skill Acquisition Programmes And Youth Empowerment
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1.3 Research Question
The following questions have been formulated to guide conducts of this study
1.
Have the youth employment programmes implemented in the State improved
the skills and economic well being of youths in the date?
2. Are
the policies of the various employment programmes in the state well
formulated and do they give room for innovations in order to achieve
better results?
3. To what extent can the operation, problems and prospect of youth employment programmes in Oyo State be executed?
4.
What recommendation can be made on how the employment programmes
implemented in the State can be made more effective addressing youth
unemployment?
1.4 Objectives of the Study
The objectives of this research are:
1. To examine the youth employment programmes in the State and how to
2. Implemented improve the skills and economic well being of youths in the state.
3.
To determine the policies of the various employment programmes in the
State and how well formulated, do they give room for innovations in
order to achieve better results.
4. To assess the operation, problems and prospects of youth employment programmes in Oyo State
5.
To make recommendations on how the employment programmes implemented in
the State can be made more effective in addressing youth unemployment
1.5 Scope of the Study
This
research work will be descriptively and empirically confined to the
study on skill acquisition programmes and youth empowerment in Ibadan
Nigeria.
1.6 Significance of the Study
The significant of this
research work are enormous First, the work addresses one of the key
issues of contemporary Nigeria, it touches areas that affect the conduct
of democratic principles in Nigerian polity which is the National
Economic Empowerment and Development strategy (NEEDS), hence, the study
is of benefit to students of international relations, politics,
development studies, history. and even those in the social sciences.
Secondly, this study will contribute to the growing body of knowledge in
youth empowerment as it looks at the concept from a different angle
Thirdly, this study will aid other researchers who might want to carry
out research in related areas,
1.8 Definition of Terms
Youth:
Youth is the time of life between childhood and adulthood (maturity).
"Youth are also regarded as those persons between the ages 15 and 24
years.
Empowerment: Empowerment refers to increasing the political
social, pr economic spiritual strength of individuals and communities.
It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own
capacities,
Youth Empowerment: Youth empowerment is an attitudinal,
structural, and cultural process whereby young people gain the ability,
authority, and agency to make decisions and implement change in their
own lives.
Non-Governmental Organizations: A non-govemmental organization (NGO)
is
a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons
that operates independently from any government and a term usually used
by governments to refer to entities that have no government
National
Economic Empowerment and Development strategy (NEEDs): revolves around
the idea of empowerment across a broad spectrum of the Nigerian people.
NEEDs empowers through job creation, opportunities for employment and
wealth creation and promoting private enterprise
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