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ABSTRACT.....................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION.............................................................................3
OBJECTIVES OF THIS PRESENTATION.............................................5
RESEARCH QUESTIONS.................................................................5
STATEMENT OF THIS PRESENTATION.............................................6
WHAT IS POVERTY.........................................................................7
CAUSES OF POVERTY..................................................................7
The CBN poverty Assessment and Alleviation study (1999)
summarized the causative factor of poverty as:.........................7
WHAT IS HOME ECONOMICS..........................................................9
THE ROLE OF HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION IN POVERTY
REDUCTION..............................................................................10
The basic mission of Home Economics Education is helping
individuals and families to improve their lives through:.........10
The educational goals go in line with the objectives of Home
Economics Education, which include:.....................................10
The recipient of Home Economics Education is expected to
have acquired basic expertise in a particular branch in which
he shows special aptitude and interest..................................10
Graduates of Home Economics Education may establish in any
of the following areas:............................................................10
Factors that can Hinder Effective Teaching of Home Economics
Education for Skills Acquisition and Poverty Reduction.............12
Conclusion..................................................................................12
ABSTRACT
Poverty in Nigeria has outgrown the imaginative minds of the
early Nigerian economic Analysts history has shown that it has
prevailed continuously overtime across all geographical regions
and majority of Nigerians live within it adverse effects.
Graduates are faced with unemployment, hunger and other faces
of poverty while many homes strive to survive from whatever
little they could dig up.
The survival of any nation or people is predicated on the level of
development and where ever the standard of living is low, the
nation or people stand at risk of total economic collapse.
Home Economics Education curriculum is adequately structured
to meet the challenges of today. It is a vital tool which can be
used to develop individuals since it is being re-branded and
repositioned to capture its progressive roots, make programmes
more vibrant and sustainable to alleviate poverty through
creativity and entrepreneurship education.
Home Economics Education is a field where opportunities exist for
promoting self-employment and employment in private and public
sector of the economy for reducing unemployment and poverty in
the country.
The purpose of this presentation is to re-orientate the general
public on the diverse means through Home Economics Education
can help in alleviating poverty in Nigeria.
INTRODUCTION
Poverty is the inability to attain a minimal standard of living
measured in terms of basic consumption needs or income
required to satisfy them. It is one of the most serious problems
faced by families in Nigeria today.
Past governments between 1972 and now have mounted at least
eight projects that were meant to alleviate poverty and billions of
naira was spent on these projects yet Nigerians have remained
poor and hungry. Nigeria, one of the largest country in Africa and
the sixth largest oil producing country in the world has an
estimated population of 150 million people living in both rural and
urban areas exposed to the economic rigors of POVERTY.
The international fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) (2007)
noted that Despite its plentiful resources and oil wealth, poverty
is widespread in Nigeria. The situation has worsened since the
late 1990s, to the extent that the country is now considered one
of the 20 poorest countries in the world. Over 70 percent of the
population is classified as poor, with 35 percent living in absolute
poverty.
Poverty which is the inability of an individual or a group in
securing the basic necessities of life such as clothing, food health,
portable water and shelter, is deadly. It is a serious problem which
has eaten deep into the fabric of African countries.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Does Home Economics Education help empower students
in the industries of their discipline?
Are the Skills & Entrepreneurial development strategies in
Home Economics Education being implemented truly
effective?
Does the classroom stimulate creativity necessary for
Home Economics Education in the students?
WHAT IS POVERTY
There is a strong connection between poverty, hunger and human
development. This connective cord is very significant indeed as
poverty and hunger can both be seen as the exact opposite of
human development.
All the attributes of human development are deprived by poverty.
Poverty is lack of job. Poverty is hunger, poor health, low
education, low self-esteem, lack of adequate housing, lack of
land, inability to cloth oneself/family low economic status.
Maduagwu (2007) concluded that poverty creates frustration, loss
of hope/prospects and value for life, loss of meaning for life and
purpose of living. Poverty is not only inadequate income; it is
also the lack of access to basic services and amenities, the lack of
security and exclusion from community life. The recommendation
is to focus efforts to uproot the causes of poverty and to achieve
the involvement of the poor themselves taking part in the
elaboration of policies which concern them.
This is where HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION comes in as it can
be reviewed in order to be effective in the variety of life situations
and everyday socio-economic and cultural demands of people and
their families who live in poverty.
Poverty is general scarcity or dearth, or the state of one who lacks
a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute
poverty or destitution refers to the deprivation of basic human
goods
accessible.
Of
increasingly
more
less
importance
is
expensive
the
and
more
modernization
of
Characteristics of POVERTY
The effects of poverty may also be causes, as listed above, thus
creating a "poverty cycle" operating across multiple levels,
individual, local, national and global.
Health
Rises in the costs of living making poor people less able to afford
items. Poor people spend a greater portion of their budgets on
food than richer people. As a result, poor households and those
near the poverty threshold can be particularly vulnerable to
increases in food prices.
Education
Housing
CAUSES OF POVERTY
Given the magnitude and spread of poverty, and the desire to
curb its spread, there is a need to identify the causes of poverty.
There are basically two conceptual sources of poverty, namely:
a)
distortions,
would
not
allow
equal
access
to
Structural
Shift
in
the
Economy: This
results
from
total
neglect
of
others.
In
Nigerias
case,
from
it
Economics
Education
is
self-reliant
and
contributes
Fashion designing.
Clothing maintenance.
Laundry services.
Tie-dying and batik.
Textiles and clothing merchandise.
Pattern illustrator
- Craft work.
Food and nutrition related jobs are:
-
Interior decorations.
Day care and nursery management.
Managing old peoples home.
Vegetable and flower gardening
Extension worker.
Institutional home keepers.
Conclusion
Promoting Home Economics Education is necessary for Nigeria to
get out of the current global financial crisis. That is, why this
write-up tried to bring to lime light government policy initiatives
for poverty reduction, Home Economics Education and poverty
reduction, the role of Home Economics Education in poverty
reduction, factors that can hinder effective teaching of Home
Economics Education for skill acquisition and poverty reduction
and recommended ways of promoting Home Economics Education
for poverty reduction in Nigeria.
REFERENCE
1. Poverty. Merriam - Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 2013-1118.
2. "Measuring Inequality". The World Bank Reform. 2011.
3. "Poverty and Equity - Nigeria, 2010 World Bank Country
Profile". http://www.worldbank.org/nigeria
4. Raphael, Dennis (June 2009. Poverty, Human Development,
and Health in Africa: Research, Practice, and Advocacy
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