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| Management of Adult Education Programmes for Empowering Unemployed Youths in Nigeria
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Ajayi, Rachael Adejoke (Ph.D)
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Abstract:
In Nigeria, the unemployment rate stood at 19.61 percent in 2021. This record is attributed to a United Nations agency known as the International Labour Organization (ILO) charged with the development of policies to lay down labour requirements. The rate of youth unemployment in Nigeria refers to the percentage of those that are not employed. The youths concerned are the group of 15 to 24 years. A significant challenge confronting most developing countries of the world is youth unemployment, and this has given credence to criminal activities among the youths. This has also led to a lot of frustrations, low self-esteem, shame, sadness and in some cases attempted suicides and some have ended up committing suicide. Some unemployed youths have resorted to joining terrorist groups. Onuoha (2012) observed that membership into Boko-Haram Terrorist group in Nigeria is recruited mainly from unemployed youths and destitute children. The way out of this quagmire is through training and retraining of our youths through adult education programmes such as vocational technical education, which promotes the ability of its recipients to qualify for and be part of work that is productive such as functional literacy programmes, agricultural extension services and others. The paper therefore examines the concept ofadult education, Management of Adult Education andprogrammes that can empower unemployed youths, reduce unemployment and youth restlessness in Nigeria. The paper however recommends among others that the government should budget substantial funds annually for various adult education programmes in the country and non-governmental organizations and various industries should help to sponsor some specific programmes centered around adult education in Nigeria.
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