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Youth Awareness of The Metal Fabrication Informal Apprenticeship on Katima Mulilo Roadside in Garden Compound of Lusaka, Zambia

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  • Anolt Leonard H. Moonga

    (Department of Community Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Zambia)

  • Akakandelwa Akakandelwa

    (Department of Community Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Zambia)

Abstract

The study explored youth awareness of the metal fabrication informal apprenticeships (MFIA) on Katima Mulilo roadside in Garden Compound of Lusaka (KAGCOL),Zambia. An intrinsic case study using interviews and participant observations for data collection. The study population included all out-of-school youth (OSY) and all metal fabrication artisans in KAGCOL. The sample comprised 40 participants; 20 OSY and 20 artisans; Graduate apprentices (GAP) and Master trainers/providers (PMC) in the MFIA of KAGCOL. The exploration of youth awareness of the MFIA on KAGCOL made the study objective while data analysis sought emerging themes from the findings. The findings of the study revealed that the OSY in KAGCOL have limited awareness of the MFIA due to limited information about the MFIA. The youth come to be aware of the MFIA through individual/personal inquiry (ies) and relational influence by parents, relatives and friends within kinship circles. Information on the MFIA is not given by the education system and advertisements. The dissemination is confined to affinity to the exclusion of the wider community. This contradicts the principles of informal apprenticeship which operates beyond household level. It falls short of the 21st century thinking on education and the school in particular as the nub of knowledge and avenue of its distribution to the larger community for sustainable development. The study concludes that non-involvement of the education system in the dispersion of knowledge about the MFIA on KAGCOL limits the youth awareness of this vibrant activity in the area. The study, therefore, recommends that information about the MFIA; a pre-requisite to economic emancipation of a community should be dispersed through the education system for inclusivity of OSY. The significance of the study is that issues of youth empowerment are better handled by the education system of a country for the benefit of the majority.

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  • Anolt Leonard H. Moonga & Akakandelwa Akakandelwa, 2023. "Youth Awareness of The Metal Fabrication Informal Apprenticeship on Katima Mulilo Roadside in Garden Compound of Lusaka, Zambia," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 7(3), pages 885-894, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:7:y:2023:i:3:p:885-894
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