ABSTRACT
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the factors that predispose youth
of the Niger Delta to restiveness and find out how education in the form of skills
acquisition and a general social education can help solve or reduce this social
menace. Faulty socialization was identified as the basic reason for this malady.
Other reasons include unemployment, poverty, marginalization, the problems in the
Nigerian educational system, negative national values, lack of parental guidance,
long viewing hours of violent films and the easy availability of guns and small
arms in the hands of the youth. The study drew upon two research designs, namely
the descriptive-survey and the quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test designs
involving 1339 respondents made up of 682 males and 657 females whose ages
ranged between 18 – 30 years. They were drawn from the four States of Akwa-
Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers. The 1st treatment group was exposed to skills
acquisition only. The 2nd treatment group was exposed to a general social
education and skills acquisition. The control group received neither skills
acquisition nor general social education. Five hypotheses were tested and five
instruments were used to generate relevant data for the study. The data generated
were analyzed using ANOVA, multiple regression, Pearson product correlation
statistics and independent t-test comparison as well as descriptive statistics of
simple percentages, mean and standard deviation. All the five hypotheses tested at
0.05 level of significance were rejected. The findings of the study indicated that
skills acquisition alone was not sufficient to reduce violent behaviour among the
youth. A combination of skills acquisition and a general social education was
found to be most efficacious in reducing attraction of the youth to violence. The
findings also revealed that the youth in the middle socio-economic class were most
favourably disposed to violence followed by those in low socio-economic
background. The findings also indicated that youth who have strong religious
affiliations were less prone to violence. A general social education should,
therefore, be included in skills acquisition training for youth.
Flores, A. & TUWERE, U (2021). Youth Restiveness And Education: A Sociological Study Of The Niger Delta Region Of Nigeria. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/youth-restiveness-and-education-a-sociological-study-of-the-niger-delta-region-of-nigeria
Flores, Alyssa, and UTUAMA TUWERE "Youth Restiveness And Education: A Sociological Study Of The Niger Delta Region Of Nigeria" Afribary. Afribary, 02 May. 2021, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/youth-restiveness-and-education-a-sociological-study-of-the-niger-delta-region-of-nigeria. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
Flores, Alyssa, and UTUAMA TUWERE . "Youth Restiveness And Education: A Sociological Study Of The Niger Delta Region Of Nigeria". Afribary, Afribary, 02 May. 2021. Web. 14 Nov. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/youth-restiveness-and-education-a-sociological-study-of-the-niger-delta-region-of-nigeria >.
Flores, Alyssa and TUWERE, UTUAMA . "Youth Restiveness And Education: A Sociological Study Of The Niger Delta Region Of Nigeria" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 14, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/youth-restiveness-and-education-a-sociological-study-of-the-niger-delta-region-of-nigeria