Volume 12, Issue 2, 2024

Poverty among Youth in Ibadan Metropolis in Oyo State: Implications on Education Development.

Ajiboye Johnson Tunde, & Awolola Oluwatoyin Isaiah

Abstract

Poverty is a mother of all crimes. It is not actually absent of money per say but well-being. It has no respect for any man. It blossoms when there is no visions. Thus, this study investigated poverty among the youth in Ibadan Metropolis in Oyo State: Implications on education development. For this study, survey research design was adopted. The population of the study comprises of all youth in Ibadan Metropolis in Oyo State. Multistage sampling technique was adopted for the study. Three areas were purposively selected through purposive sampling technique from 5 Local Governments Areas in Ibadan Metropolis. A total of 15 areas were involved in the study. In each area, twenty youth were randomly selected through random sampling technique. The respondents comprised 300 youth. Structured Questionnaire tagged “Poverty Eradication and Education Development among Youth Questionnaire (PEEDYQ)” was used to elicit data. In addition, 15 items were validated by experts in the Department of Educational Management and Test and measurement to make sure that the questionnaire measured what it was supposed to measure. For reliability of the instrument, test-retest was conducted and 0.74 coefficient was obtained. The analysis of the questionnaire was done using simple percentage analysis. The findings revealed that causes of poverty among youth in the area of study include high inflationary, bad leadership, poor economic policy of the government and poor industrialization. Also, the socio-economic consequences of poverty among youth include difficulty in live hood and low self-esteem. The study concluded that poverty is very rampant due to poor entrepreneurial curriculum at all levels of education and poor industrialization policy. Recommendations were made that adequate job opportunity should be provided for the youth and that adequate funding of industries by state and federal governments to create more jobs.

Keywords

Poverty Poverty eradication, Youth, Poverty, Youth, Education development

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