Youth parliament could be the omitted element in youth development

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By any index Youth Development remains a stubborn and undeniably escalating problem in Botswana. This reality persists despite the frequent and constant launch of numerous youth development initiatives/projects as well as pleasing financial and political commitment.

This reality is certainly creating frustration and generational conflict among our citizenry; it is unpleasant and must be eliminated. Governments, organisations and practitioners alike have and continue to look extensively at this aspect of Youth Development; their findings identified numerous factors that can be attributed to Youth Development setbacks.

Nonetheless common and supreme among the findings is the elements of; low/insufficient and in some cases lack of engagement of young people in policy formulation to ensure their needs are effectively addressed.

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