Constraints faced by rural youth for achieving their occupational aspirations and suggestions to overcome the constraints

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the specific objective of “To know the constraints of rural youth for achieving aspirations” and “To obtain the suggestions to overcome the constraints”. For the study, Parbhani, Nanded, Hingoli and Jalna districts were selected randomly from Marathwada region. From each districts two talukas were selected randomly. From each taluka three villages were selected randomly and from each village ten rural youth were selected randomly. Thus total sample size 240. According to National Youth Policy India 2014, youths between the age of 15 to 29 from all educational streams were selected. Ex-post facto research design was adopted in this study. From the study it was found that, rural youth faced the constraints like, no family support, low family income, poor infrastructure and connectivity, lack of training facilities, low literacy level in rural areas, no facility of higher education in rural areas, government policies are not reach to grass root level, lack of awareness and timely information about new educational and occupational opportunities and lack of knowledge about improved agricultural technology while the suggestions invited by rural youth to overcome the constraints like, family should support the ambitions of youth, Government and NGO should provide financial assistance to needy people, improve rural infrastructure and connectivity, provide proper training to youth, literacy level should be improved in rural area, higher education should be provided in rural areas, government policies should reach to grass root level, Increase awareness and exposure to career opportunities and Provide hands-on training for easy access to improved agricultural technology.