National Youth Policy - Ministry of Youth, Sport & Culture

vi) Sporting activities and arts has great potential in
teaching responsibility and developing positive role
models.
vii) Effective utilisation of sport, recreation and leisure can
curb social ills among the youth.
viii) There are challenges in the management and
coordination of existing recreation, sporting and leisure
facilities.
ix) Inhibitive costs to young people in accessing privately
owned recreation, sporting facilities.
Strategies
i) Promote youth participation in decision-making bodies
and policy formulation relating to recreation, sport,
leisure and creative arts.
ii)
Improve youth access to recreation, sport and creative
arts programmes and facilities.
iii) Develop and expand programmes and facilities that
embrace leisure and recreation.
iv) Link participation in recreation, sport and creative arts
programmes to other socio-economic programmes.
v) Professionalise artwork and sport to achieve innovative
employment.
vi) Promote indigenous sporting activities that exist in the
communities to resuscitate cultural identity and values.
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