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Involvement of 50 pc women in youth programmes planned

By Staff Correspondent
A comprehensive programme has been undertaken to increase participation of women upto 50 per cent tn the youth development shames. official sources said In Dhaka on Friday.
The programme is a part of a comprehensive plan for youth development under the Fourth Five-Year Plan.
According to the 1991 Census Report, youth constitutes more than 30 per cent of total population of Bangladesh with an increasing trend In shares of this group in total population.
About 85 per cent of the youth live in rural areas, overwhelming majority of them neither attend any academic institutions nor have much opportunity to Icam skills suitable for productive activities. Most of them are handicapped with severe poverty, limited education, training and employment and thus remain outside the main stream of development. Consequently they often develop regressive social attitude and values and suffer from deep frustration causing threat to harmonious social order. On the other hand, the vasl potential, vigour and vital ity of the youth can be turned into a great productive force II organized and mobilised prop-crly
In recognition of the fact that disciplined, properly or ganized and trained youth can take part and make significant
contributions to the development process, the government has placed due Importance to youth development programmes in order to facilitate their participation In organized activities leading to their physical, mental, social and economic development.
The Ministry of Youth Development was created In December 1978 and subsequently the Department of Youth Development was established in 1981 to provide unified direction and coordination to youth development programmes.
The beginning
Independent youth development programmes under the Ministry of Youth Development started first with the Two Year Plan (1978-80). During the Two Year Plan an amount of Tk 9.50 crore was provided for Youth Development Programmes, out of which Tk 7.01 crorc was utilized and 36.200 unemployed were trained In differ enl fields.
in the Second Five Year Plan (1980 85) an amount o! Tk 26 crorc was allocated for Youth Development Programmes. Out of which Tk 19.60 crore was utilised. Approximately 42.000 unemployed youth received training In different fields during this period and 2.999 trained youths started self-employment projects.
In the Third Five Year Plan (1985-90). an amount ofTk!7 crorc was allocated for youth development activities. A new project entitled "Upazila Resource Development and Employment Project" (URDEP) aiming poverty alleviation among the youth ..irough sell employment was Included since July 1988 outside the TFYP project portfolio. So far. 7 upazilas have come under this project in two phases. An additional amount of Tk 7 crore was allocated for implementation of this project. During the TFYP period, following projects were taken up for implementation:
1. Skill Development Training for Unemployed Youth:
it. Support for Self-employment Activities for the Trained Youth:
til. Youth Motivation, Publication and Award, and
Iv. Upazila Resource Development and Employment Project (URDEP) Phase-1 & II.
Fourth Plan objectives
The major objective of the sub-sector development Programme during Ilie Fourth Five Year Plan would be to organize and mobilize the Youth properly in order to enable them to participate effective in national development. Some of the specific objectives of youth development programmes during the period would be as follows:
i. to increase the participation of women upto 50 per cent in the youth development programmes;
11. to alleviate poverty among the youth through increased self-employment pro-
grammes;
tit. to equip the youths with working skill and suitable training in technical, vocational and professional fields.
, iv. to organize youth groups and motivate them to assist community development through Voluntary Youth Organizations (VYOs)
Major strategies
Since education and training Is one of the baste needs for developing human capabtlt lies, emphasis would be placed on proper education and train Ing In various professions within the broad framework of human resoun-c development during the pl.in period. In order lo reultz.c tlx- object Ives, effectives measures would be laken to ensure cooperation and coordination among various ministries and strengthen NGOs Involvement on a selective basts. More organized training of youth for employment would be under taken along with training programmes organized in cooperation with the private sector in order to meet the effective needs of the private sector. Training would also be Imparted through educational institutions for transforming students as social workers and catalytic agents for desired changes. Within the above broad framework, ihe following strategics would be em-ph.istzcd:
I programmes of group training for the unemployed youlha in different trades and follow-up credit facilities for Income generating activities
ii. 50 per cent women trainees in all training programmes U> ensure adequate participation of women
Hi emphasis on modern and non traditional areas of training with emphasis on optimal use of existing training facilities and creation of ae-lected new facilities for enhancing training infrastructure;
Iv. training and credit programmes to motivate youths to take-up self-employment both In niral and urban areas and
v. motivation of youths In community development.