Interpretation of Data

In the fulfillment of this research, questions were asked of the residence of Bruce-Ville in
order to arrive at a conclusion to this investigation. When asked what was their occupation, 48%
of respondents said that they pursue less qualification demanding jobs such` as construction and
farming. 38% of respondents said that they worked as cashiers and sale workers. Just about 28%
were pursing jobs requiring a higher level of qualification such as an accountant, a doctor and a
teacher. This illustrates that the many people are taking part in occupations which require little to
low level of qualification. The level of education that someone has would determine their
qualifications of a specific job therefore; a resident would need to acquire a high level of
education to be able to pursue a high qualified job such as an accountant or a doctor.
This could be backed up as 48% of respondents said that their choice of job selection was
a way of providing for their basic needs, and more than 50% of residence showed interest in their
job because they were passionate about it, wanted experience and high payment said that they
were passionate about it, 19% stated that they had nothing else to, 5% mentioned that they were
seeking experience and 4% said that they pursed because of high paying salary. The residence
main purpose of gaining employment was for gaining money for survival and small minority
wanted to because of passion. This shows that the residents are not too concerned about why
employment is gained but as too how much it can help to sustain themselves.
57% of respondents found it difficult to gain employment, these individuals may have
been turned down by employers based on their qualifications or the perceptions that the
employers have based on the area in which the respondents are from. Majority of respondents
highest level of education was Secondary. At this level, qualifications are not yet developed to
the standards of employers. Respondents stated that the perceptions which people have about
them are mostly directed at being involved in criminal activity and were considered poor. The
qualifications issue may be mitigated by the installments of skill training for residence of high
crime neighborhoods. 57% of respondents agree with the idea of this training, which suggests
that the residents are eager to gaining employment but are not interested in pursuing academia
for it.
Figure 7 indicates that the majority of residents from high crime neighbourhoods
complete up to secondary education. Figure 8 shows that 62% of respondents have relatives who
have committed a crime. Figure 9 suggests that the most popular criminal activity that takes
place is drug use. Although the majority of respondents do not use drugs, as seen in Figure 10, it
is noted that 62% of respondents have family members who use drugs, as seen in Figure 11. It
can thus be concluded that the main factor which contributes to residents of high crime
neighbourhoods discontinuing education is crime, most notably, drugs. This claim is supported
by Figure 12 which shows that 57% of respondents believe that youth in the community earn a
living by selling drugs.
Figure 13 shows that 67% of residents of high crime neighborhoods believe that informal
education is more beneficial as opposed to formal education. Figure 14 shows that rather than
outings organized by formal education 95% of residents prefer informal education outings.
Figure 15 shows that the most beneficial aspect of informal education is that it is more engaging,
indicating the preference of practicality. A conclusion can be drawn based on the data presented
that informal education works best with students from high crime neighbourhoods. It is
highlighted in the presentation of data that residents of these neighbourhoods prefer and benefit
more from hands on activity.
57% of respondents believe that education is important. 58% if respondents believe that
education is important for development of a community, and 42% believe that education is
important for gaining money and self-development. 55% of respondents’ parents are very
supportive of education. However, residents of high crime neighbourhoods may not have interest
in education, despite the majority of residents having a positive attitude toward education. Thus,
it is evident that they favor pursuing informal training.
Its suggested among residents of Bruce-Ville for a way in which government and
employers could lessen unemployment and encourage residents to pursue a form of gaining
qualifications, is that government should build more factories to create more jobs and implement
skill-training programs. They believe that there are not enough jobs are available for people with
their level of qualification, and as such, creating more jobs and allowing them to develop their
employment skills should solve the problem. Politicians believe that jobs are available however,
the residents of Bruce-Ville are simply underqualified to get them and training them would give
them a greater opportunity.