Friday 1 November 2013

REVISITING MY 7 POINTS PRIORITIES: INTRODUCING NEW ITEMS

From today, I will be revisiting my 7 points priorities, with a view to incorporating new programmes and line of actions on each agenda, and to hear more of your opinions. Starting with first Priority: Education.

INTRODUCING NEW ITEM: Inter-country academic tour

INTER-COUNTRY ACADEMIC TOUR: this is the newly introduced item under the first priority agenda, where university students from one country will be sponsored to take academic tour to other countries. This will enable them meet and network with their colleagues in their respective academic disciplines and also learn from each other. Different academic and social competitions will be arranged for the students within the commonwealth ranging from quiz, debate, cultural performances, e.tc. A youth led committee will be assigned to handle this programme every year.

DETAILS OF AGENDA 1.

1. EDUCATION: education is the bedrock for any meaningful development. It is through education that people’s ranks and positions in society are placed. The initial step of empowering young people is through Education. It is with this on our minds that we will set out the following line of actions to maximally tap the vast intellectual potentials of young people in the commonwealth so that they can be better citizens, employable and contribute to the developmental issues of their communities.

i. Special Educational Scholarships: Through the office of vice chairperson (Policy and Advocacy) the CYC will agitate for the creation of educational scholarships to less privileged, young women and physically challenged young people in every commonwealth member country. The recent Commonwealth Development Index have shown that most of developing countries in Africa and Asia are lagged behind in terms of quantity of young people in education and the level of quality education. Millions of intelligent young people are unwillingly out of school because they lack sponsorship. These young people are the future of the commonwealth, and we cannot afford to have illiterate future. Under our leadership, we will make sure that a transparent and fair educational sponsorship scheme is established or improved in countries where there is an existing similar scheme. The youth should be involve in the scheme, and there should be monitoring and evaluation youth task force for the scheme in every country, who will report to the CYC headquarters any progress, impact and weaknesses of the scheme. The scholarship scheme should cover all levels of education. This will not be taken lightly and serious campaigns, appeals and complains will be staged against any country that refuses to implement a generous scholarship for these special group of young people. I will make sure that a strategic plan for identifying these young people are put in place by the office of vice chairperson inclusion and engagement.

ii. EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES: it was reported that in Kenya for example, 7 out of every 10 rural nursery schools don’t have access to blackboard (by sponsor a child Kenya Initiative). How many engineering schools do we have out there in many commonwealth countries without sufficient laboratory equipments? Talk more about the medical schools, how many people die due to inadequate medical experts who were poorly trained due to lack of teaching facilities. Providing scholarships is not enough without complementary funds allocation to provide these needed and necessary facilities and structures. To this effect, the CYC will make serious campaign and put pressure to the commonwealth countries to ensure better and improved budgetary allocations to improve the standards of educational schools/institutions in every commonwealth countries. For countries that have done well in the sector, a sustainable and improving plans shall be in place to further enhance the standards.

iii. YOUTH EDUCATION COMMITTEE: the CYC under our leadership will constitute education monitoring and evaluation committee in every level of youth leadership structure. The committee will undertake research on the problems and solutions of educations problems peculiar to every region and local community. The committee will be responsible for ensuring proper implementation of the CYC’s educational policy agitations, and reports any success or otherwise. 


iv. CAMPAIGN FOR REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM: as the world evolves dramatically, new challenges and societal expectations changes, leading to the need to acquire a suitable education that fits the new challenges. Certain youth’s potentials have not yet been accommodated in educational curriculum, which could be relevant to the modern world challenges. Youth research group will be sponsored in every commonwealth country to identify those potential modules that need review, either to scrap or to introduce new ones depending on the peculiar circumstances in the locality.

v. COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS: in the beginning of our tenure, a youth survey will be conducted to hear more about the youths problems in education and what they think should be the solution. This will be followed with an articulated line of actions toward achieving that, and identifying the relevant partners apart from government that will invest in providing quality education to young men and women in Commonwealth Countries.

vi. INTER-COUNTRY ACADEMIC TOUR: this is the newly introduced item under the first priority agenda, where university students from one country will be sponsored to take academic tour to other countries. This will enable them meet and network with their colleagues in their respective academic disciplines and also learn from each other. Different academic and social competitions will be arranged for the students within the commonwealth ranging from quiz, debate, cultural performances, e.tc. A youth led committee will be assigned to handle this programme every year.

I will continue with the second point of priority tomorrow, meanwhile please read and advice me on how you think we can improve quality education for the commonwealth youth.

Thank you.
IF THE YOUTH WANT TO DO IT, THEN THEY CAN DO IT.
Vote Ahmed Adamu as CHAIRPERSON, Commonwealth Youth Council,
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