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The Role Of Youths In Community Development
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1.6SCOPE OF THE STUDY
For
the purpose of proper understanding, this study shall have its main
focus on the rural areas (communities) within the shores of Oredo Local
Government Area of Edo State.
1.7SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
researcher believes that this study is of great importance. It will be
of good use to know the degree of youth involvement in self help
projects. This study will make people know that youth possess productive
talent ability of which they need to be harnessed for the execution of
community development projects.
It is significant because most
teachings and learning are carried out today by youths whose studies are
focused on involvement in developmental process such as adult literacy
programme to discipline, reading, writing among illiterates in the
community.
The result of this study is likely to provide useful data for exports in youth research.
1.8LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
There are many limitations encountered in the process of gathering the necessary information for this research work. Thus;
a.
Information was obtained through interviews during which some of the
respondents felt reluctant to answer some questions relating to their
activities in the area where they lived.
b. There was inadequate finance to carry out most of the work expected to be done during the data collection.
c. Another problem was time wasted where information were hardly retrieved.
d.
Time was yet another factor that posed a set back to information
gathering for this research work, since it was done along side with
normal school lectures, as a result, time was too short for
comprehensive collection of data.
e. Lack of
sufficient literature highlighting youth activities in the area of rural
development was another limitation.
1.9OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS
The researcher wishes to define the major concepts in this research work which include:
a.Role:
This is defined according to Oxford Advanced Learner’s English
Dictionary as a prescribed functions or functions an individual is
expected to do in any given situation; it could also mean the part
played on a real life situation.
b.Youth: Youth can be defined as
young people who have stopped being children but are not yet fully
accepted as adults. They are usually called youth because they are
strong, young, dynamic and very active in the society.
The rational
youth policy defines youth as all those within the age range of fourteen
and forty (14 – 40) years. By implication, anyone above forty years of
age is not a youth and should not be regarded as such. It is assumed
however that any person or persons within 14 – 40 years can contribute
their quota to the development of their communities. Therefore any
attempt by any organization or community to isolate them in the
formation of their development association is bound to fail. So it is
advisable to include youth in such organization in order to achieve
success.
c.Rural Development: The role of youth in rural development
cannot be fully understood without the definition of the key words in
the concept of rural development.
Rural is defined as a
local/community/village setting while development connotes the act or
process of developing or being developed. The concept of rural
development stems from the fact that most rural set up are under
developed, hence it was designed to promote better living condition for
the whole community especially the rural communities. Rural development
has acquired so many definitions from individuals and different schools
of thought (Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English, 2nd
ed.).
According to the United Nation (1966), the term community
development is the process by which the efforts of the people themselves
are united with those of government authorities to improve the
economic, social and cultural condition of communities to integrate
those communities into the life of the nation and to enable them to
contribute fully to national progress. For the purpose of this study,
community development is an organized communal effort designed to raise
the standard of living of the inhabitants of a particular area, which
may include physical and non-physical structures. It is also a way of
accomplishing local betterment through willful cooperation and mutual
understanding between the members of the community.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study is a determination of the level of participation of youth in community development in Oredo Local Government Area. The main objectives of the study were to examine the extent to which the youth have and can still contribute their strength meaningfully to the development of their communities. Also the study tried to find out the modalities of mobilizing the youths to take part actively in community self-help. Philosophy which was helped to reduce the high rate of youth’s migrati ... Continue reading---
