Emerging National Issues (Youth Empowerment )
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Subject : Civic Education
Term : First Term
Week: Week 6
Class : SSS 1
Topic : EMERGING NATIONAL ISSUES (YOUTH EMPOWERMENT)
Previous lesson : EMERGING NATIONAL HEALTH ISSUES (HIV/AIDS)
Behavioural objectives : At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able
- to define youth empowerment
- say steps taken by government to enhance and empower youths
- list changes of youth empowerment
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Methods of Teaching :
Class Discussion
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Explanation
Role Modelling
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Content
Who is a youth?
A youth is a young strong energetic adult whose age ranks between eighteen and forty years . A youth is someone who falls mostly within the working population of a country. They are the energetic engine backbone of any nation..
The United Nations defines youth as persons between the ages of 15 and 24 with all UN statistics based on this range, the UN states education as a source for these statistics. The UN also recognizes that this varies without prejudice to other age groups listed by member states such as 18–30.
The youth simply means young people. It is a period between childhood and adult age. Youth generally refers to a time of life that is neither childhood nor adulthood, but rather somewhere in-between. This group constitutes 47% of the productive population of the country.
What is Empowerment?
Empowerment simply means to strengthen, entrust, enable, allow or entrust to perform some certain feats or tasks.
Empowerment means increasing the spiritual, political, social or economic strength or individuals and communities.
Empowerment is the act of developing confidence in the capabilities of an individual or group.
What is Youth Empowerment?
Youth empowerment is the act of developing skill and leadership qualities in the young people that enable to create solutions, make informed and responsible decisions about their lives.
Youth empowerment is a process whereby youths are encouraged to take charge of their lives. They do this by addressing their situation and then take action in order to improve their access to resources and transform their consciousness through their beliefs, values, and attitudes.
Youth empowerment simply means the act of training youths and giving them the opportunity to do certain things on their own.
Examples of youth empowerment programmes
a. Youth Farmer Club (YFC)
b. African Youth empowerment Nigeria (AYEN)
c. National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
d. Boys Scout Movement
e. Citizenship and Leader Training Centres
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SKILLS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE
a. HIV/AIDS Education Programme: – This can be organised for students and young adults. It also sensitize them on how to avoid having sex before marriage.
b. Abstinence Education Youth Empowerment Skill: The abstinence education empowers youths with skill. They are taught to develop character traits that will enable them to achieve goal and to build relationships that are based in mutual respect.
c. Youth Empowerment Studies Workshop: This is a programme that teaches youths how to manage stress and emotions, develop meaningful relationship and cultivate leadership skill.
d. The Art of Living Programme: – The programme is organised for children between 14 and 18 years old. The children are taught how to relax the mind, sharper the intellect, improve memory and increase joy. They learn how to deal with negative emotions and stress.
PROBLEMS THAT AFFECT YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
a. poor Monitoring: – It is discovered that poor monitoring and supervision of youth programmes are responsible for the poor implementation of most youth empowerment programmes in Nigeria.
b. Poor management: – There is poor management of youth recreational facilities and vocational centres. The facilities are never put in place as fund provided are embezzled.
c. lack of Funds:- When youths are exposed or taught certain jobs or given adequate education they are bound to put into practice what they have learnt. In most cases, there is no money to that. The knowledge received cannot be put in use.
d. Facilities: The equipment needed for the work may not be there. Electricity, motorable roads, efficient and duration means of transportation and communication may be lacking.
e. Foreign Influence: – Our youths are greatly influenced by foreign cultures and values. In places where funds facilities and the working environment are conductive, foreign factors, things learnt, affect youth empowerment programmes.
f. Social Vices: – There are many anti-social behaviour in the country. We have armed robbery, cultism, kidnapping, cultism, get rich quick syndrome etc. All these vices distract our youths. As a result set goal may not be achieved.
THE NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORP (NYSC) AS AN EMPOWERMENT SCHEME
The NYSC was established by the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon on 22nd May 1973. The NYSC in Nigeria has helped a lot of Nigerian graduates to be self-employed.
REASONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
a. To develop common ties among the Nigerian youths and promote national unity and integration.
b. To enable Nigerian Youths and promote national youths acquire the spirit of self-reliance by encouraging them to develop skills for self-employment.
c. To remove prejudices, eliminate ignorance and confirm at first hand the many similarities among Nigerians of all ethics groups.
d. To inculcate discipline in Nigeria youths by instilling in them a tradition of industry at work and of patriotic and loyal service to Nigeria in any situation they may find themselves.
e. to develop a sense of corporate existence and common destiny of the people of Nigeria.
Presentation :
The Topic is presented step by step
Step 1 : The class teacher revises the previous topic
Step 2 : The class teacher introduces the new topic
Step 3 : The class teacher allows the students to give their own contributions and he or she corrects them when the needs arise
Evaluation
REVISION QUESTIONS
1a. What is youth empowerment?
b. List five examples of youth empowerment programmes.
2a. Define skill
b. Highlight and explain youth empowerment skills and their importance.
3. What are the problems affecting your empowerment?
4a. What is NYSC?
b. Identify four reasons why it was established.
Conclusion
The subject teacher gives out a short comprehensive note of the topic and he or she does the necessary marking
