Govt to bring out national youth policy

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KATHMANDU, Feb. 8: His Majesty?s Government is in the final stage of bringing out national youth policy with an objective of including more than nine million youths in the mainstream of national development.

The youth policy includes various subject matters on how to make the present education system technical and income-oriented and how to orient a larger number of confused youths, who have been compelled to join in various evils and aberrations, to involve in development of the country and in positive works.

As per the census of 2001, the youths aged 14-35 years account for 38 per cent out of the total population and the policy is aimed at addressing the larger number of youths who can contribute in nation-building, said Assistant Minister for Education and Sports, Bhuwan Pathak.

In this connection, the National Youth Policy-2062 Draft Committee constituted under the convenorship of Assistant Minister Pathak prepared the draft of the policy and put it forward to HMG along with procedures for the formation of the Youth Council. The committee has put forward the proposal for constituting a National Youth Council under the patronage of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Paras Bir Bikram Shah Dev. The proposal also sets the provision to ensure wide-ranging representation of talented youths of 16-40 years of age group from various walks of life including Dalits, indigenous, backward and excluded communities.

Stressing the need of such policy for clearly specifying the responsibilities of the youths towards the nation and to mobilize them as per the demand of the hour, Assistant Minister Pathak admitted that the policy will be enforced within Mid-March.

He also said the youth council will exert its efforts to move ahead intelligent but misled youths towards tasks of boosting national glory by addressing their serious problems.

At present, the youths are in urgent need of proper career counseling and are engulfed either in insurgency or in educational unemployment.

Assistant Minister Pathak added that unemployed and unskilled youths are annually increasing in our country even though the state invests around Rs two billion for education each year, which is enough only for increasing the literacy rate. He also admitted that keeping in view this situation, the proposed policy will focus on producing innovative youths armed with skills and technology.

Chief Commissioner of Nepal Scout and one of the policy draft committee member Shreeram Lamichhane said the youths tend to involve on various wrongdoings such as violence, killings, and drug abuse due to the state?s failure in bringing them in the mainstream.

He also stressed on including scouts for moral education in all the schools of the country so as to make the youths patriotic and disciplined from their childhood. Actress Jala Shaha expressed her wish that the proposed youth policy may encourage Nepali youths to embellish our nation with our own blood and toil which is being used as present for the betterment of the Gulf countries.

She also expressed her concern over the set-back of our country day by day due to lack of effective youth policy and its implementation.

Well-known National Player Sangina Baidhya stressed that the national youth policy should be able to create an environment where youths dedicate themselves for good image of the country in the international community.

Similarly, Miss Nepal Sugarika K.C said the national youth policy should be aimed at creating opportunities that can explore the hidden talent of the youth force of the country and inspire them to develop their genius in their respective sectors. The youth policy is also centered on protecting and respecting the youths who could specialize in art, music, sports, education, acting and other sectors as well as in inspiring the youths towards creative works by preventing them from gender discrimination, conflict, abuse and evil practices.

Most of the foreign countries have adopted different youth policies in a view of using and utilizing youth force in constructive works properly. Experts also took the youth policy as a positive initiative which is expected to address problems and potentials of youth who cover almost half of the total population of Nepal.(posted on gorkapatra)

 

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