Jaipur, Ajit Foundation of Rajasthan in
association with UNICEF and UNFPA has organised two days programme on ‘Dialogue
with Youth on Education, Livelihood and Citizenship’ in line with ‘Youth Policy
for Young India’. While India has a distinct advantage of having a very large
youth population, most of the states and a whole country needs ‘Youth Policy’
to empower young Indians from parenting, education and professional levels. The
programme was chaired by Prof. VS Vyas, Chairman of Ajit Foundation and the
chief guests Samuel Mawunganidze, CFO,
UNICEF Rajasthan; Sunil Jacob, State Programme Officer, UNFPA Rajasthan had
address the key issues on Youth Policy.
Samuel Mawunganidze, CFO, UNICEF
Rajasthan said,
“The share of young population in India is large and requires a proper
guideline to make them a good Indian citizens so that they contribute in the
growth of the economy of the country. We should make young Indians more
independent in terms of giving them more experience while taking their proper
care. Education, Health and Cultural growth requires to be leveled up in
dealing with youth. Rather than imposing responsibilities we should identify
and develop strength in them so that they can take independent decisions of the
actions and start taking responsibilities. It is also the duty of a family,
community as well as government to give them opportunities to enrich their
experience.”
Prof. VS Vyas, Chairman of Ajit Foundation
said, “Young
India does not have the advantage of enlightening and meaningful education.
Proportion of students who have completed secondary education, which is being
considered as the minimum qualification for higher education or for entry to
any modern occupation is yet very low. Indian society is highly dissatisfied
with the content and quality of education. This dialogue with Youth for the
youth is organised for showing the path over the challenges we have in India
and suggest some conclusions which can be helpful to the state and central
governments to design the youth policy.”
Sunil Jacob, State
Programme Officer, UNFPA Rajasthan
said, “Rajasthan is still dealing with many challenges in tribal area like
child marriages, school dropouts, Gender Discrimination etc. To empower the
youth, we must have actionable plans in the Policy.”
Five
key researchers also presented their papers under various subjects in line with
Youth Policy. Dr. Prabhat Pankaj, Director of Jaipuria Institute of Management
has initiated his policy paper on two premises – Incudiveness of Youth in
Development Process and Development process in turn must benefit Youth. It
highlights the issues of disparity in education system, Employability gap,
massification of higher education, globalization and technological adoption,
health and happiness of youth. Other participants like Aditi Gupta, Saudamini
Pande, Meghmala and Pavan Kumar had also shared their papers and the views on
the subject.
India
has a distinct advantage of having a very large youth population. Nearly 60
percent of the country’s population is in the age group 16 to 34. With such a
demographic structure, two advantages are quite obvious. One, a very large
productive workforce is available in the country, and two, proportion of
non-working people, people in the age group of 60 and above is much less. In
order to spell out the issues and explore possible approaches to sound
education, enhancement of employment opportunities and to inculcate a sense of
purposefulness among the youth, Ajit Foundation, a civil society institution
working with youth for last 23 years, proposes to organize a Consultation and
bring out a document on Approach to Youth Policy. The Foundation has earlier
organized such Consultations on the Girls Policy in Rajasthan, and Right to
Education – The Next Phase.
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