WORKSHOP REPORT ON: THE INTEGRATION OF POPULATION EDUCATION INTO PROGRAMMES FOR RURAL YOUTH IN SWAZILAND

(Mbabane, 14-16 October, 1987)

WORKSHOP REPORT ON:
THE INTEGRATION OF POPULATION EDUCATION INTO PROGRAMMES FOR RURAL YOUTH IN SWAZILAND

THE INTEGRATION OF POPULATION EDUCATION INTO PROGRAMMES FOR RURAL YOUTH IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES

An Activity of FAO/UNFPA Project INT/86/P08

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, November 1987

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Introduction

1.1 Outline of Project INT/86/P08

1.2 Purpose of the Wokshop

1.3 Participation

1.4 Introductory Remarks

1.5 Official Opening

II. Summary of Discussions

2.1 Presentations by Local Experts to Set a Background on the Situation Facing Rural Youth

2.1.1. Dr. G. Masina, Dean of the Faculty of
Agriculture, University of Swaziland

2.1.2 Mr. L. Mamba, Deputy Census Commissioner

2.1.3 Mr. Elphas Dlamini, Demographer, Planning
Section, Ministry of Education

2.1.4 Mr. Chudasama, United Nations Volunteer,
Project on Rehabilitation for Disabled
People in the Field of Agriculture

2.1.5 Dr. E. L. Huppert, Health Statistician

2.1.6 Dr. M. Matsebula, Associate Professor,
Economics Department, University of
Swaziland

2.2 Summary of Discussions by Workshop Participants

2.2.1 Discussion on Subject Matter for Population Education Programme

2.2.2 Discussion on Teaching Materials for a Population Education Programme

2.2.3 Discussion on Strategies for Implementation of a Population Education Programme

2.2.4 Discussion on Follow-up Activities

2.2.5 Closing Statements

2.2.6 Official Closing

Annexes

1. List of Participants

2. Introductory Remarks by Mr. C. P. C. Metcalf, UNDP Resident Representative, Swaziland

3. Official Opening Remarks by Mr. Tars Mkama, Acting Under Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior

4. Workshop Agenda

5 Agricultural Education in Relation to the Youth and the Population Increase in Swaziland, Paper Presented by Dr. G. Masina, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Swaziland

6 Population in Swaziland - Rural and Urban Population 1986, Paper Presented by Mr. L. Mamba, Deputy Census Commissioner

7 The Relationship of Population and Education in Swaziland, Paper Presented by Mr. Elphas Dlamini, Demographer, Planning Section, Ministry of Education

8 Charts Illustrating the Relationship 'of Population and Health, Presented by Dr. E. L. Huppert, Retired Chairman, Statistics Department, University of Swaziland

9 Implications of Population Growth for Development in Swaziland, Paper Presented by Dr. M. Matsebula, Associate Professor, Economics Department, University of Swaziland

10 Workshop Discussion Handouts

11 Summary of Workshop Evaluation

12 Closing Remarks by Ms. Nocissa Mohammed, UNFPA Programme Officer

13 Closing Remarks by Mr. Harry Dlamini, Chairman, Swaziland Youth Development Consultative Council

14 Official Closing by Mr. Simeon Simelane, Director of Sport and Culture, Ministry of the interior