Shaping a bright future
At the fourth Youth Leadership Summit held recently in Bangladesh, dignitaries unanimously concurred that youths were key to achieving the new United Nations sustainable development goals and shaping a bright future. The belief was reiterated by experts at a roundtable discussion and is supported by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics which estimates nearly 45 percent of Bangladesh's population to be 15-29 years of age.
Whereas demographics clearly show that the changes of tomorrow will be accomplished by the youths of today, what they also show is the need now to mould them to face that challenge. And while we as a nation have repeatedly emphasised that point verbally, what and how much have we done to shepherd our youths down the right path of success? We do have a Ministry of Youth and Sports dedicated to ensuring the future hopes of our nation, but how much are we investing in them?
By the look of things, it is evident that we must do more. The authorities must devise comprehensive strategies to provide better training, education and equipment to youths equally across the board. Society too has a role to play in guiding youths through the likely challenges and must recognise the crucial role of the family in developing young people with strong characters also.
Overall, all of these factors should, instead of supplanting each other, supplement each other, in creating strong young leaders and peoples who, with our assistance, can successfully bear the light of our future hopes and sculpt a future for our nation and world to eagerly look forward to.
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