ASSESSMENT OF N-POWER TEACH PROGRAMME ON YOUTH EMPOWERMENT IN ENUGU STATE

Abstract

This study examines the extent to which N-power Programme has promoted Youth empowerment in Enugu State. The study was guided by one research question and one hypothesis. Descriptive survey research design was adopted and the population of the study was 5000 Youths who had participated in the N-Power programme in Enugu state.. A sample of 473 was drawn using the multi-stage sampling procedure drawn from two sensational zones in the state. Data collecting instrument was the researcher’s structured questionnaire which was subjected to face validation by three research experts. The overall reliability index of 0.76 was obtained using Cronbach Alpha statistical tool. Data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research question while the t-test statistics was used to test the mull hypothesis findings among others show that to a great extent, N-power Teach programme has promoted Youth empowerment. Further, the extent to which N-power building has promoted Youth Empowerment was great. Based on these findings, some recommendation among others were made which was the expression of facilitators of N-power Teach Programme to further trainings on pedagogical skills required to meet the 21st century skills