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Empowering Youth

The document is a magazine article about empowering youth. It discusses how harnessing the potential of youth is important for a nation's development. It also explains that societies with many disillusioned youths face long-term social problems, so governments must implement policies to positively impact youth. While some Caribbean youth face challenges like crime, unemployment and poverty, the article notes that social and economic programs can reduce violence and communities should provide alternatives to crime. It acknowledges not all struggling youth turn to crime and many overcome challenges through constructive activities.

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SECTION A

(Suggested time: 35 minutes)

Answer Question 1.
Write your answer on the RULED PAGE provided. There is a blank page for any notes you
may want to make. THIS WILL NOT BE MARKED.
1. Read the following magazine article carefully and then write a summary of it in NOT
MORE THAN 120 words. If this limit is exceeded, only the first 120 words of your answer
will be read and assessed. As far as possible, use your own words. Your summary must be
in continuous prose.
In your answer you will be assessed on how well you
(a) were able to identify the main ideas and opinions in the extract
(b) organized and expressed these ideas
(c) used appropriate grammar, sentence structure, vocabulary, spelling and punctuation
Empowering Youth
It should be understood that the future development of any nation depends on harnessing the
creative and productive potential of its youth. This can only happen if we empower young people.
Any society with a high percentage of disillusioned youth is steering towards serious long-term
social problems. It is therefore imperative that those who have the primary task of managing and
governing our societies should not wait for a catastrophic collapse before embarking on any
programme of policies that can impact young people positively. It is no longer front-page news
that young people from so-called socially and economically challenged backgrounds are involved
in criminal activities.
The evidence is clear: the impact of crime on the development of Caribbean economies is
significant, according to the Caribbean Human Development Report 2012, crime has become one
of the main challenges that threaten the economies and the quality of life in Caribbean countries.
The Report, however, suggests that with appropriate social and economic programmes that target
young people, high levels of violence can be stemmed. What must happen is that, our homes,
schools, and communities should provide young people with alternatives to crime and violence.
The experiences of Caribbean youth are not unique. Youth in the UK, for example, especially
those of Caribbean descent. face similar challenges of high unemployment, high school
exclusion, and drug use, made worse by inequality. racial discrimination, and poverty. To these
must be added very high rates of deadly lifestyle diseases, as compared to their fellows in the
Caribbean.
We must be cautious, however, as not all unemployed, undereducated and disillusioned youths
turn to crime. Many see the rewards of engaging in constructive activities as ways to becoming
empowered and to avoiding being attracted to destructive behaviours. Many at-risk youths have
turned out well in spite of the multitude of challenges within our communities. They have not
fallen victim to the stereotypes that portray them as being without hope. The success stories
include and go beyond music, entertainment, and sports. Young entrepreneurs are emerging and
are becoming strong role models for other young people, creating employment for themselves
and others. They are not waiting on others to empower them. They are not giving in to the
negative image others focus on. They are taking charge by thinking big and working smart.
Adapted from “Empowering Youth”, Next Generation,
Empowering the Caribbean Family and Community,
Issue Na. 14, Fall-Winter 2015. P. 63.
Total 30 marks
It should be understood that the future development of any nation depends on harnessing the
creative and productive potential of its youth.
The Report, however, suggests that with appropriate social and economic programmes that target
young people, high levels of violence can be stemmed.
The experiences of Caribbean youth are not unique.
We must be cautious, however, as not all unemployed, undereducated and disillusioned youths
turn to crime.
Summary
The article, “Empowering youth” states that a qualified young people relevant important to the
growth of all countries. An investigation into has point out the necessary regulation and support
that the governments should provide to the young people in order to avoid the negative effect that
might be cause from the unqualified environment. The Caribbean’s young people face different
situation, but most of them are on the similar factors. The government must to focus in such
issues, but not all the young people young people commit into the negative activity, there are also
who beat the difficulties and encourage themselves for a better life with positive action which
also improved the grow of the country