Youth Festival - Preliminary results of youth survey presented |28 August 2015
After a gruelling research and analysis the Seychelles National Youth Council (SNYC) has finally unveiled the preliminary results of its youth survey which was carried out last year.
With Seychelles’ youth continuously being given opportunities to contribute to the country’s development, the National Youth Survey saw young people aged from 15 to 30 years old lend their input towards determining the quality of life the younger generation of Seychelles are living.
In a press conference held at the International Conference Centre of Seychelles (ICCS) on Tuesday afternoon, the chief executive of the SNYC, Alvin Laurence, said the preliminary results of the survey will help the council determine how to go about finalising its findings during the coming six months.
The preliminary work concluded with several policy briefs on subjects that include employment, health and healthy living, leadership, global issues and sustainable development, youth empowerment and volunteerism, youth and values, arts, culture and civic participation.
“The main objective of this survey is to gather information to establish the quality of life being experienced by our youth in Seychelles,” said Mr Laurence.
Mr Laurence also pointed out that the next six months will be crucial towards finalising the survey’s findings as they want to be able to complete the study in March 2016.
“We want to be able to reveal the complete results of the study in March next year as that will be a very important date, since the SNYC will be celebrating its 18th anniversary. This is the date the council will move from its childhood into adulthood and will do so with the information that we gather from this study,” added Mr Laurence.
Also present at the press conference was the group of consultants who worked on the conception of the survey. They are William Zarine, Shirley Choppy, Patrick Nicette, Dr Gerard Adonis, Egbert Benstrong and the lead consultant, Dr Andre Leste.
Dr Leste stated the survey had three precise objectives and those were to evaluate the thinking of our youths on issues with regard to their everyday lives; to be able to come up with a document to help improve established policies and to establish where youths are in relation to their quality of life.
“The survey was very intensive and it took a long time to develop the tools required to carry out such a study,” he added, before going on to explain the various steps the survey went through before it was finally ready to be given the go ahead.
Mr Nicette on his part said the next step is to present the study to various organisations and focus groups so that they will be able to gain more qualitative data from their findings.