SS1 First Term Civic Education Lesson Note – Youth Empowerment

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WEEK: 6

TOPIC: YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

CONTENT:  

• Concept of youth empowerment.
• Roles of educational institutions and government in providing jobs and youth empowerment skills.

SUB – TOPIC 1:  DEFINITION AND CONCEPT OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

Youth empowerment is a development program aim at creating opportunity that will encourage and develop the youth to be morally responsible, self-reliant, and financially productive citizens. It is the process through which young people are given the opportunity to develop skills and ability they need to become a person of influence.

Youth empowerment is a gateway to self-sufficiency or self-employment by the youth in the society. They use it to be self-employed because of the unemployment situation in the country.

They should be exposed to certain skill (vocational or trade) to be self-sufficient and productive in their various chosen professions.

SUB-TOPIC: 2: YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SKILLS

Some of the important skills that youths need to acquire for their proper integration in the society are:

–           Communication Skill:          Communication is a process that allows people to exchange information by several methods, through this skill you develop your communication skills to be able to effectively sell your ideas and information to people – Music, debates, quiz competition, recitation and drama.

–           Intellectual Skill:      This has to do with the acquisition of ability to logically think, and to understand ideas and information. It involves knowing what information you need, knowing how to get the sources; recording the searches so that you can use key words or concept if a future similar information need should occur – Your school or local library, the internet and search engines, like Google.

–          Artistic Skill:   This skill may reflect in art work/literature, science and technology through creativity imagination and inventive ability. It could be acquired by practicing drawing and painting.

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