NEEDS FOR ENHANCING COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR YOUNG FEMALE YOUTH

S.P. MAURYA¹*, S. SRIVASTAV², P. SHUKLA^3
1Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, 224229, Uttar Pradesh, India
²Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, 224229, Uttar Pradesh, India
³Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, 224229, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : drsuman1963@gmail.com

Received : 02-05-2022     Accepted : 27-05-2022     Published : 30-05-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 5       Pages : 11310 - 11312
Int J Agr Sci 14.5 (2022):11310-11312

Keywords : Intergenerational communication, Preparedness for livelihood, University students, Communication enhancement research, Training and modules
Academic Editor : U.R. Chinchmaltpure, Dr Hemangi Mehta, Todik Jimmy T. Sangma, Dr Hemangi Mehta, Dr R.S. Umakanth, Dr A.D. Kalola
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, 224229, Uttar Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Government is promoting and supporting various start ups and investing in guiding, grooming and growth of youth’s ideas of entrepreneurial activities. Much of entrepreneurial activities need to be promoted in agriculture sector with agriculture and allied field students (youth) to take up such ventures. Youth often look for appropriate jobs and livelihood after their graduation for which good communication skills is the first step to communicate their ideas, thoughts and later need skills to execute the plan of action. All kinds of livelihood that requires interaction with every generation and the family is the unit that can provide the youth varied interaction opportunities to ability to communicate with different generations. Since communication begins from home, therefore, a study was conducted with female youth of a college to know their ability to communicate with different relations in the family. A questionnaire was developed and data collected was consolidated. It was revealed that youth had average to very high communication with their parents (father and mother) but with respect to siblings (older and younger) and grandparents, poor the communication ability was also reported. The 31.8% girls could communicate with strangers, 27% communicated only they were asked to but rest either did not communicate at all, or were choosy to communicate with strangers. Since communication skills are important for various walks of life, it is recommended that appropriate training at needed to build personality of the youth who are the futures of our country. Thus, goal of the paper is to draw the attention of the readers and the scientific community to consider the enhancement of the communication skills of female youth, for their day to day living and livelihood that requires interaction with every generation, as poor communication ability with family members indicates the need to build the capacity of youth for their future which could relate to agriculture and allied areas and calls for research and out-reach programmes and modules

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