The Youths Enterprise Development and Innovation Society (YEDIS), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) on Friday charged youths to shun thuggery, hooliganism, and other immoral attitudes that could dent their images in any given society.
Speaking at a programme tagged: “International day 2021” in Ikirun, Osun State, the Director-General of the NGO, Chief Rafiu Akinpelu Olaore, advised youths to think of what they can do to develop their communities and the nation, not only what the government can do for them.
While presenting writing materials to 253 Osun State polytechnic students, one thousand notebooks to pupils at Nawarudeen Primary School Ikirun, and donations of seven white marker-boards twenty-five packets of markers to Onaolapo Memorial High School Ikirun, Osun State, Nigeria, and others, the Director-General charged the students to be focused in life.
“Most importantly, they are to be creative and innovative in their educational approach to contribute to the nation’s economic development. While entrepreneurship education is now a global academic practice, then colleges and youth should act accordingly.”
Chief Olaore who commended teachers for their impact on education, professional ethics compliance, and literacy encouragement, said, “apart from the above contributions, YEDIS had carried out many youth empowerment programmes while the objectives include; motivation of youths to succeed entrepreneurially by equipping them with the skills, knowledge, and confidence required to operate a business.
Other according to him is the development of an entrepreneurial culture among youth/students for self-reliance, learning from inspiring entrepreneurs, their tips for success, and network with like-minded people, exchange of business ideas among members to create a forum for business plans, competition, and debate, and accessibility to business advice and development and organizing mentorship, workshops, and training to gain leadership and business management expertise.
He remarked also that, literacy empowers individuals and improves their lives by expanding their capabilities to choose a kind of life they can value saying, It is also a driver for sustainable development.
Olaore further commended teachers for their impact on education, professional ethics compliance, and literacy encouragement and stressed that they are celebrating to promote the importance of education and assist disadvantaged people in becoming literate with the theme ‘Literacy for a human-centered recovery: Narrowing the digital divide.’
According to him, “the 8th of September was proclaimed International Literacy Day by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in 1966 to remind the international community of the importance of literacy for individuals, communities, and societies and the need for intensified efforts towards more literate societies. Literacy is a vital component of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the UNs 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”
“Since 1967, International Literacy Day (ILD) celebrations have taken place annually around the world to remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights and advance the literacy agenda towards a more literate and sustainable society. Despite progress, literacy challenges persist, with at least 773 million young people and adults lacking basic literacy skills today,” he submitted.
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