Professional Ethics for Business/Swingline Moves Case Study
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION TO THE RESEARCH STUDY
1. INTRODUCTION
Chapter one introduces the research which focuses on contribution of youth in Botswana economy; case of junior secondary school students who did not make it to senior secondary school. The research covers; background information, statement of the problem, research objectives, research questions, purpose of the study, significance of the study, limitation and delimitation, definition of terms and conclusion.
1.2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The study has been necessitated by the need to find if youth contribute to their economy after finishing their junior certificate level. By analysing the number of students who seat for junior examinations every year, many of them fail their examinations and do not go to senior schools. The question is “what is being done about them?”
In the quarter century between 1966 and 1991, primary school enrolment increased from 72,000 to 287,000 and secondary school enrolment from 1900 to 60 000. Today in 1999 the figures stand at 340,000 and 152,000 respectively. Teacher training students’ stand at about 3000 and university students (full-time and part-time within Botswana) approach 8000 (parson, 1999).
The goal of universal free education (up to junior secondary level) has been more or Youth form the largest single group of the population. No meaningful discussion of culture can ignore this age group, growing in numbers and experiencing the greatest challenges of transition, including unemployment. National development planning cannot be equitable unless the youth are taken into account. Yet, the youth, just like women, have been marginalised in previous national development plans (parsons, 1999). Even under National Development Plan 8, the role of youth in development remains unclear and undefined. In Botswana, the National Youth Policy, adopted in 1996, defines youth as the proportion of the population falling within the age range of 12 to 29
INTRODUCTION TO THE RESEARCH STUDY
1. INTRODUCTION
Chapter one introduces the research which focuses on contribution of youth in Botswana economy; case of junior secondary school students who did not make it to senior secondary school. The research covers; background information, statement of the problem, research objectives, research questions, purpose of the study, significance of the study, limitation and delimitation, definition of terms and conclusion.
1.2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The study has been necessitated by the need to find if youth contribute to their economy after finishing their junior certificate level. By analysing the number of students who seat for junior examinations every year, many of them fail their examinations and do not go to senior schools. The question is “what is being done about them?”
In the quarter century between 1966 and 1991, primary school enrolment increased from 72,000 to 287,000 and secondary school enrolment from 1900 to 60 000. Today in 1999 the figures stand at 340,000 and 152,000 respectively. Teacher training students’ stand at about 3000 and university students (full-time and part-time within Botswana) approach 8000 (parson, 1999).
The goal of universal free education (up to junior secondary level) has been more or Youth form the largest single group of the population. No meaningful discussion of culture can ignore this age group, growing in numbers and experiencing the greatest challenges of transition, including unemployment. National development planning cannot be equitable unless the youth are taken into account. Yet, the youth, just like women, have been marginalised in previous national development plans (parsons, 1999). Even under National Development Plan 8, the role of youth in development remains unclear and undefined. In Botswana, the National Youth Policy, adopted in 1996, defines youth as the proportion of the population falling within the age range of 12 to 29