Traditionally, the older people
used to impart life skills into young people in evenings around the fireplace
(bonfire) using songs, riddles and stories. In Uganda today, this type of
environment, that nurtured such skills and provided enabling environment for
positive decision-making, has gradually been disintegrating. In formal institutions,
knowledge of information is passed on in a formal approach.
The current demands on
individuals are more complex, brought about by rapid changes in the
society. These changes call for an
approach that explores attitudes and values and developing life skills. Life
skills provide a link between motivating factors and behaviour by translating
knowledge of ‘what to do’ and the attitudes and values of what “one should do”
into “abilities for how to do”
It is therefore a fact that,
when young people are informed, they are better able to make rightful decisions
about their lifestyle, behaviour, their career, their education, their health
and do asset their interest, in the final analysis, to be able to have a
socially sound and materially secure and sustainable livelihood for greater
participation in the national economy and national development and hence creation
of conducive economic situation for all. Young
people need skills that are culturally sensitive and appropriate to their age
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