Problem
Outmoded functional skills in rural communities
Other Names:
Deskilling of rural communities Incidence:
Rural residents have poor access to the acquisition of technological expertise. Old methods are dying out as resources became more scarce, but training for new means of livelihood tends to be the responsibility of employers in urban areas. Where there are volunteer teachers in practical skills, these tend to be only partially trained themselves and therefore do not have the confidence of the community. For most, practical vocational training is only within the family, as youth become apprentices to parents of relatives who are craftsmen.There is a lack of knowledge of even the most rudimentary procedures for dealing adequately in emergency health situations; traditional food preparation and eating patterns prevent the greatest nutritional value from being drawn from existing resources; the good health vital for change is further compromised by unsanitary animal care. Adult training is at best simply the perpetuation of traditional knowledge and skills; apprenticeship schemes transmit to the coming generation methods which are identical to those practised by their parents and there is no effective access to new wisdom or methods.
Broader Problems:
Deskilling of labourLimited functional abilitiesLack of skilled manpower in rural areas Narrower Problems:
Lost farming skillsElimination of traditional skills Aggravates:
Unavailability of first aidInadequate nutrition educationInadequate primary health careMisinformed nutrition practicesLagging training in social skills Strategies:
Providing rural educationBuilding practical skills developmentProviding corrective possibilities for outmoded social skillsDeskilling rural communities Values:
FunctionalityDeskillingOutmoded Subject(s):
Society → CommunitiesSocial Activity → Human resources
Amenities → Rural
Societal Problems → Obsolescence
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
18.02.1997 – 00:00 CET