Sociology

The notion that the youth are the future leaders of our nation has been a great misconception by many in the society. It is indeed due to this notion that many youths rarely participate in the political process of our nation. It is however to be realized that it is only by practice that skilled and reliability can be realized. Still, it is by participating in the political process that the youth can claim to be sufficiently exercising of their political rights. The youth particularly college students are usually marked with many varied ambitions than any other member of society (Finifter, 1993). This is because of the fact that they are more equipped with the ideal expectations of social and economic prosperity of the nation. Therefore, their participation in the political process will greatly aid in shaping the politics of the nation close to ideal thus ensuring much success in governments.

There are many changes which are necessary in increasing the participation of college students in the political process. First is the formulation of laws which are not discriminative of age as a factor to participate. This will evidently encourage many young college students to involve in the process by virtual of their knowledge rather than by age. Second is by ensuring adequate educating of the people particularly college students on the importance of exercising their political rights by fully getting involved in the political process. Creation of awareness among members of the society is the best tool in engaging them to get involved in any collective role activity and is thus necessary for realizing more participants in the political process (Finifter, 1993). Formation of political groups in institution of higher learning will increasing the rate of participation by collective power and should thus be encouraged.