Volume : 4, Issue : 12, DEC 2018

PARTICIPATION OF GARO YOUTH IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

MANODA SANGMA

Abstract

Youth participation is necessary for many development interventions and social changes. Young people can participate in
development as beneficiaries, partners and leaders moving from mere representations to being actively engaged in the
planning and implementation, monitoring of development interventions, working in partnership with older adults and
becoming development professionals themselves in their own social and cultural settings. However the avenues for youth
participation have been limited. This study has shown that youth have a vital role in the programme planning, development
and implementation processes. Youth want a deeper relationship in programme planning, development and implementation
process. They are not interested in the information about the programmes that are being developed in their area. They want to
see their ideas actually used in the programme planning, development and implementation process. The youth want their
input to be taken seriously. This study has established that Hart’s ladder of youth participation is still relevant even though it
was presented years ago. Determining levels of youth participation is still an important task. In the case of youth of the Garo
Hills there exists Arnstein’s gap which needs to be considered seriously by the stakeholders and take appropriate measure to
alleviate the situation. It was revealed that the parents’ economic status has great effect on the educational attainment of the
youth which in-turn effect the youth’s contribution to the family welfare, Mahari’s development, development of the village
and society at large.

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