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Parenting Education As A Vital Tool For Sustaining Green Skills Among Youths For Nation Building

AYO-OLADAPO, ESTHER OLAJUMOKE1, AND OLADAPO, JOHN AYO2

 

1Faculty of Education, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko

1ORCID ID: https://ORCID.org/0009-0003-1421-5969

2Baptist College of Theology, Igede-Ekiti

 

2ORCID ID:  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6238-3823.

 

Abstract

This study examined the efficacy of parenting education in developing and sustaining green skills for youth to foster sustainable nation-building. Parenting education provides a platform that individual youth can use to acquire green skills with the right attitude, knowledge, and values necessary for workforce in a knowledge economy to build a sustainable nation in the contemporary time. In contemporary times, parental education inculcates diverse range of home training and skills development in the youth, enabling them to express self-capabilities to drive sustainability, innovation, and green growth for nation-building. This is possible because many youths spend most of their formative years within the family. Therefore, parenting education plays an important role in contributing to the development of green skills acquisition among youth and producing competent youth amid many ethical and sociological menace such as cultism, corruption, examination malpractices, sexual immorality, promiscuity, hooliganism, impersonation, financial fraud, money ritual, and a host of other ethical cum sociological problems that threaten nation-building in the contemporary time. It was discovered that. Parents need to set an excellent example for their youths so that they will be compelled to adopt green lifestyle changes. In reality, culture and mindset change will progress towards green technology and practice. Small changes we make today will have a significant impact in the future. Therefore, this paper examined the place of parenting education in youth acquisition of green skills toward sustainable nation-building. The study employed a descriptive method to harness the discourse. The study investigates practical ways parenting education can be utilized to develop green skills among youth.

Keywords: Parenting education, youth, green skills, Nation Building.

Impact Statement

Parents as teachers play a role in producing skilled labor with green skills in their youths. This is possible because many youths spend most of their formative years within the family. The study discovered that the impact of parent education in instilling and shaping green skills in youth and encouraging positive behavior in society, economy is essential to nation building. Finding from the study shows that parental education inculcates diverse range of home training and skills development in the youth, enabling them to express self-capabilities to drive sustainability, innovation, and green growth for nation-building. It is underscores in this study that educators, parents, family counselors, family and institutions leaders will benefit from this study as it shows the crucial requirement for raising transformation agents and nurturing green skilled youths for a greener society and nation.

About The Author

Dr. Esther Olajumoke Ayo-Oladapo is a lecturer 1 at the department of Arts Education, Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State. She is an Executive Director Institute of Family Life and Societal Development of Centre for Blissful Home Initiative. A former coordinator of Ondo State French Language centre. She is a researcher in the field of education, language education with a special interest in French language, language policy/ curriculum planning and implementation. She has authored books, chapters in books and journal articles nationally and internationally.

Oladapo, John Ayo PhD. is a researcher in the field of religion with a special interest in Biblical Theology, Ethics, Pastoral Care and Counseling, Marriage and family life therapy. He is a senior lecturer at Baptist College of Theology, Igede-Ekiti and the Executive Director/President, Institute of Family Life and Societal Development of Centre for Blissful Home Initiative. He has authored Books, chapters in books and journal articles nationally and internationally.

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