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Journal of Marine Science: Research & Development
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  • J Marine Sci Res Dev 265,

Targeting Youth Empowerment and Education Modelling to Strengthen and Harness Blue Economy Potentials in Kenya

Elijah Mirwoba Siringi*, Charles Ikutwa and Olivia Chepkemboi
Development Studies Programme, The Management University of Africa (MUA), Kenya
*Corresponding Author : Elijah Mirwoba Siringi, Development Studies Programme, The Management University of Africa (MUA), Kenya, Email: esiringi@mua.ac.ke

Received Date: Dec 10, 2018 / Accepted Date: Jan 18, 2019 / Published Date: Jan 23, 2019

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to determine the extent to which youth empowerment and education promote harnessing potential gains from the blue growth. The study adopts a desktop research and utilizes content analysis technique for data analysis. The study results indicate that youth empowerment and education provide opportunities to develop skills and equip youth to become problem solvers and decision makers. Maritime education for the youth increases the possibilities of more choices towards a maritime career, as well as, creating a maritime consciousness of the industry. Whereas the master plan for the blue economy is at design stage in the hands of presidential taskforce, the study notes that the Government of Kenya has shown commitments to harness youth potential through design of tailor-made curricula in blue economy for youth career pathways right from a certificate, diploma, all the way to graduate and post-graduate research level. The study argues that the master plan policy framework for the blue economy should offer a suite of opportunities targeting the youth for sustainable, clean, equitable blue growth. The study recommends that more innovative blue enterprise initiatives of empowering the youth be increased and strengthened to harness full potentials of marine resources to move forward the blue economy in Kenyas.

Keywords: Youth Empowerment; Youth Education; Blue Economy; Marine Resources

Citation: Siringi EM, Ikutwa C, Chepkemboi O (2019) Targeting Youth Empowerment and Education Modelling to Strengthen and Harness Blue Economy Potentials in Kenya. J Marine Sci Res Dev 9: 265.

Copyright: © 2019 Siringi EM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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