The Relationship between Skills Development Support and Self-Reliance among the Youths: A Study on Youth Livelihood Program in Lira City, Uganda

Elizabeth Dorky Achiro, D. Mwesigwa
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Uganda, being one of the youngest with a number of rapidly growing population in the world of about 3.7% annual growth rate, poses a great challenge to the government seeing that approximately one million young people enter into job market annually yet the youth unemployment rate remains stack at 30%. One way to reverse the unfortunate situation was adoption of the robust Youth livelihood programme, which was designed as a response to the high rate of unemployment and poverty among the youths in the country. Initially, the program covered 112 districts with a budget of Uganda Shillings 265 billion from 2014 to 2017 intended to facilitate the implementation of the programme. However available studies indicate that several interventions have been supported by government, the private sector and non-governmental organizations but the rate of youth unemployment and poverty continues to worsen. This study sought to assess the contribution of skills development support towards enhancing self-reliance among youth in Lira city, mid-north Uganda. Focus was put on the relationship between skills development support and self-reliance. A sample of 254 was selected using simple random sampling technique and data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Results suggest that youth livelihood program, through skills development support plays a significant role towards ensuring self-reliance among the youths in the region. It was recommended that the government of Uganda rethinks its strategy on poverty reduction among young people from a top-bottom approach to a bottom-up approach where the target beneficiaries take a lead role in the program design, its implementation and evaluation.
青年技能发展支持与自立的关系:乌干达里拉市青年生计项目研究
乌干达是世界上最年轻的国家之一,人口快速增长,年增长率约为3.7%,这对政府构成了巨大挑战,因为每年约有100万年轻人进入就业市场,但青年失业率仍高达30%。扭转这一不幸局面的一个方法是通过强有力的青年生计方案,该方案旨在应对该国青年的高失业率和贫困率。最初,该计划覆盖了112个地区,2014年至2017年的预算为2650亿乌干达先令,旨在促进该计划的实施。然而,现有研究表明,一些干预措施得到了政府、私营部门和非政府组织的支持,但青年失业率和贫困率继续恶化。这项研究旨在评估技能发展支持对增强乌干达中北部利拉市青年自力更生的贡献。重点放在技能发展支助与自力更生之间的关系上。使用简单的随机抽样技术选择254名样本,并使用自行管理的问卷收集数据。结果表明,通过技能发展支持的青年生计计划在确保该地区青年自力更生方面发挥着重要作用。建议乌干达政府重新考虑其青年减贫战略,从自上而下的方法转向自下而上的方法,即目标受益者在方案设计、实施和评估中发挥主导作用。
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