A Study on the Variations in Aspirations of Unemployed Rural Youth of Dakshin Khagrabari and Harinmara Villages of Northern West Bengal, India
Journal Title: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 6
Abstract
India, the second-most populous country in the world, has 7.5% of its population in West Bengal. The country by itself and West Bengal being one of the states, is affected by problems like Urbanrural divide, inequality in income, high unemployment, lower per capita income and a low human resource development. Yet the greatest resource of India is her youth population. The present decade has seen a drastic decline in work-force involved in agriculture. Aspiration is one of the psychological factors that drive the youths ‘career decision. Ninety-four youth respondents from two villages of northern West Bengal, Dakshin Khagrabari from Khagrabari-1 Gram Panchayat of Jalpaiguri District and Harinmara from Gopalpoor Gram Panchayat of Coochbehar District, were interviewed to analyze their educational and occupational aspirations and the effect of socio-cultural and economic factors on aspirations. The core objective of this study was to investigate the variations in the aspirations of the youth of the two villages on the basis of the socioeconomic condition of respondents in the backdrop of shifting discernments of rural youth with respect to exposure and advantages of being close to a location undergoing a rapid transformation from rural to an urban set-up. A significant variation between the aspirations of respondents of both villages was observed in the study. It was revealed that socio--cultural factors has influenced the educational and occupational aspirations of the respondents. Although a big fraction of youth, from both the villages, is more interested to choose a job in the government sector, a considerable number of rural youth were interested in agriculture. Since aspiration is one of the important factors that enable to pursue education and guide the preference for a particular occupation, the outcome of this study has to an extent broadened the perspectives of analyses towards drawing suitable extension strategies for the rural youth.
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Ratna Sarkar, Soumadri Sarkar
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