“Our youth of today are the agents of change for tomorrow,
but are our youths of Singapore today,
 ready for the 21st century challenges of tomorrow?”

A major challenge is to nurture our youths during the transition towards adulthood. Especially in the 21st century, where the predominant stress, is the fear of becoming a social failure, of not achieving enough. It is scary to contemplate, but many youths have an unhealthy fear of failure.

Without the right competencies to cope with such challenge, youth are at higher risk in engaging in undesirable and compromising behaviours (such as delinquency, drug, smoking and alcohol abusers).

What is “Youth Achiever” Programme?


The ‘Youth Achiever’ Programme is designed to help today’s youth (aged 14-19) develop their critical skills that are necessary for the 21st century.   

Skills such as self awareness to discover their purpose in life, enable youth to develop character, confidence and values that promote the goal of healthy behaviour during the transition to the real world.

Leadership, goal setting, problem solving and interpersonal skills help students to reach their goals and be more successful academically and socially - at home, school and in their future careers.

Duration
18 hours plus time for project work:

Methodology

What are the Benefits of ‘Youth Achiever’ Programme for the Students?

	Help students to achieve their best
	Setting S.M.A.R.T. goals
	Demonstrates leadership in various situations: Team leader Provides purpose and objectives Uses influence to obtain planned outcomes
	Successful application of leadership skills
	Tangible written action plans for their development
	Effective communication to bring about positive outcome
	Application of skills including time management and problem solving
	Reduction in risk behaviour (such as delinquency, drug, smoking and alcohol abusers)