CARIBBE

AN
SECOND
ARY BUSINESS COGNATE
EDUCATI
School Based Assessment
ON
CERTIFI
CATE

Year of Exam: 2023

Title of Project: A research of the causes and consequences of unemployment within the West
Ruimveldt Community
Candidate Names:
Candidate Numbers:
Centre Name:

Centre Number:

Teacher: Mr. Vanveen

 Title Page

Title of Problem: A research of the causes and consequences of unemployment within the West
Ruimveldt Community.

Candidate Names:
Candidate Numbers:

Centre Name:

Centre Number:

Teacher: Mr. Vanveen

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Table of Content Pages:

Acknowledgement 3

Introduction 4

Issue of Project 5

Objective of the project 6

Background/ overview of the Issue 7

Methodology 8

Presentation and Analysis of Data 17

Findings 24

Limitation 25

Recommendation 26

Conclusion 27

Bibliography 28

Appendices 29

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 Acknowledgement

The researcher acknowledges the major participants in this research who have helped in
compiling the data obtained. This research would not have been completed without the
contribution of the residents of the West Ruimveldt Community who have given their time to
complete the relevant questionnaires so data can be collected.

Sincere gratitude is also extended to the subject teacher Mr. Vanveen who has played an pivotal
role to ensure that all procedures was successfully completed before the deadline.

The researcher also wishes to thank her family and friends for their support and motivation
they’ve provided from the conception to the end of this School Based Assessment.

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 Introduction

This Caribbean School Based Assessment is based on a research of the causes and consequences
of unemployment to eradicate or reduce the issue within the West Ruimveldt Community.
Unemployment however, is a realistic undesirable issue that is prevalent within the West
Ruimveldt community today. It challenges the many efforts of progression that have been
attempted by some members within that community, and is also a major issue in other
communities in Guyana. This great enigma exist commonly in Georgetown and have been
viewed from different prospective. Finally, one may say that unemployment affects
communities, societies and social institutions such as educational institutes, government systems
and health care institutions. Unemployment affects a portion of the selected population and
should be strategically approached in an attempt to minimize or resolve the growing issue.

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 Title of Project

A research of the causes and consequences of unemployment within the West Ruimveldt
Community.

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 Objectives of the Project

The objectives of this project is:

 To examine the negative effects of unemployment in the West Ruimveldt Community.

 To determine how has the rate of unemployment changed over the past five years in the
West Ruimveldt Community.
 To identify the most common issue that causes unemployment in the Community of West
Ruimveldt.

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 Background/ Overview of the Issue

Unemployment is a situation where someone is willing and able to work and employment is not
available. Unemployment was chosen because this topic has a negative impact on the society
since being unemployed means there is no income, which leads to an increase in poverty. The
researcher had lately discovered, that unemployment leads to serious problems in the home. The
burden of debt will increase, leading to economic problems.

On the 10th June, 2016 “High unemployment among youths leads to criminality,” as stated in the
Guyana Chronicle newspaper by Rabindra Rooplall “We are having some bad economic times
and generally in times like these there will be increased unemployment especially at the youth
level and indeed our youth unemployment level is pretty bad and this cause the young and even
old people to start getting idle and criminality begins to be on the upsurge if and when we don’t
contain it with other means , and this is what we are doing to help in that process.” Nevertheless
the unemployment rate is persistently rising because the youth population has increased in
statistics between the years of 2007- 2017 and a decreased will cause the opposite effect.

The objectives of this research:

 To examine the negative effects of unemployment in the West Ruimveldt Community.

 To determine how has the rate of unemployment changed over the past five years in the
West Ruimveldt Community.
 To identify the most common issue that causes unemployment in the Community of West
Ruimveldt.

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 Methodology

To complete this research the researchers have gathered the relevant data in the vicinity of West
Ruimveldt. The methods that were used to strategize data collections were the thirteen (13)
questionnaires which consist of fifteen (15) question were printed this was the quantitative data.
The qualitative data were the eight (8) interview sheets that included seven (7) questions that
were distributed and recollected from few of the residents in the West Ruimveldt Community
pertaining to the unemployment issue.

Limitations

The major difficulties encountered by the researcher in doing this research:

 Due to financial constraint, the researcher was unable to use a large sample population
which would have increased the accuracy in the information obtained for this research.
 Some of the residents did not understand the questions, hence the researcher had
problems with presenting the data.

Primary Data Sources

 Questionnaires
 Interview

Secondary Data Sources

 Textbooks
 Newspapers
 Magazines

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 Cover letter

Dear Respondent

The following questionnaire will be a research of the causes and consequences of unemployment
within the West Ruimveldt Community. This research will be exploring the negative effects of
unemployment, the rate in which unemployment has changed over the past five years and the
most common issue that causes the unemployment in the community of West Ruimveldt.

This questionnaire will require approximately five (5) minutes to complete. There is no
compensation for responding nor is there any known risk. In order to ensure that all information
will remain confidential, please do not include your name. Please answer all the questions as
honest as possible and return the completed questionnaire promptly.

Thank you for taking the time out to provide your assistance in this educational endeavor.

Yours truly
Researchers

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 Questionnaire

1. How do you rate the unemployment level in your community?

a) High
b) Moderate
c) Average
d) Low

2. What do you think can be done to solve this problem?

a) Provision of more jobs
b) More training centers
c) Other means

3. What do you think is the cause of unemployment in the West Ruimveldt Community?
a) Lack of skill
b) Laziness
c) Lack of experience
d) Current recession

4. What are some of the challenges faced because of being unemployed?

a) Poverty/abuse
b) Depression
c) Poor health
d) Poor standard of living

5. What impact does unemployment have on your community?

a) Increase in crime and violence
b) Being disobedient
c) Breaking in and entering
d) Increase in poverty rate

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 6. Which of the following consequences does unemployment have on the society?
a) Lower production
b) Lower tax revenue
c) Emotional effect of unemployment
d) Higher spending on unemployment relief

7. Do you have any dependents?

Yes No

(b) How does being unemployed impact your dependents?

a) Stress
b) Depression
c) Inability to attend school
d) Can’t provide them with basic necessities

8. What is your educational status?

a) Illiterate
b) Primary
c) Middle
d) Graduate

9. Are you looking forward in finding a job?

Yes No

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 10. How long have you been without a job?
a) 1 -6 months
b) 7-12 months
c) 1-5 years
d) 6 years and over

11. How has the issue of unemployment affected you?

a) Not meeting basic needs
b) Having a decline in the standard of living
c) Not providing for your family
d) Other

12. How do you maintain your basic needs?

a) Begging
b) Stealing
c) Family assistance
d) Hustling

13. What can the government or private sector do to fight the unemployment issue?
a) Educational and training programs
b) Provide geographical subsides
c) Increasing minimum wage
d) Reducing taxes

14. If you were to rate the level of unemployment in your community. What percentage
would it be?
a) 20% - 40%
b) 41% - 60%
c) 61% - 80%

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 d) 81% - 100%

15. How many CXC subjects do you have?

a) 0
b) 1- 3
c) 4- 6
d) 7 and over

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 Interview Sheet

1) What are the three things you think can be implemented to reduce the unemployment rate
in your community?

2) What sort of problems does unemployment lead to in your home?

3) Would you migrate if you were to get a job opportunity overseas?

4) If you were to be employed what kind of job/ position would you be looking for?

5) Have you ever been arrested for an unlawful offence?

6) What do you do in your spare time?

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 7) How concerned are you about not being employed?

Reasons why the researcher used questionnaires:

 They are cost – efficient because they are more affordable to gather quantitative data.
 Questionnaires produce speed results.
 It has a great level of Scalability since it allows information to be gather from a large
audience.

Reasons why the researchers used the Interview:

 It provides an easy correction of speech.

 It provides the selection of suitable candidate.
 Provide sufficient information.

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 Presentation of Data

(1) How do you rate the unemployment level in your Community?

Fig 1
100%
The
90%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
High Moderate Average Low

Column graph above shows the respondents answer to the mentioned question. Moderate was the
mostly answered response with 5 out of the thirteen questionnaires that was printed, low this is
the second rated response with 4 out of 13, High and average was the lWest answered response
with 2 out of the thirteen questionnaires that was printed.

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 (3) What do you think is the cause of unemployment in the
West R uimveldt C ommunity?
100%
Fig
2 90%

80% The
70% Line

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
Lack of Skill Laziness Lack of Experiene Current Recession

graph above depicts the respondents who answered to the mentioned question. The most chosen
answer was the lack of experience with 6 out of 13 respondents, Laziness was the second most
chosen response with 5 out of 13, then lack of skill with 2 out of 13 and then current recession
with 0 out of the 13 questionnaires that were printed.

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 (9) Are you looking forward in finding a job?

8%

92%

No Yes

Fig 3

The Pie chart represents the respondents who answered to the above question. ‘Yes’ which was
the mostly chosen with 12 out of 13 and ‘No’ with 12 out of the thirteen questionnaires that was
printed and distributed this was the least chosen response.

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 (13) What can he Government or Private Sector do to fight unem-
ployment issue?

Educational and Training

Programs

Provide Geographical Subsides

Increasing Minimum Wage

Reducing Taxes

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Fig 4

The Bar graph shows the percentages of respondents who answered to the above question. The
mostly chosen answer was Educational and Training Programs with 7 out of the (13) thirteen
questionnaires that were printed and distributed, Increasing Minimum Wage was the second
most with 5 out of 13, Provide Geographical Subsides with 1 out of 13 respondents and
Reducing Taxes with 0 out of 13 which had the least number of respondents.

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 (4) What are some of the Challenges faced
because of being unemployed?

100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
Series 3
0%
Poverty/ Abuse Series 2
Depression
Poor Health Series 1
Poor Standard of
Living

Fig 5

The Flat- Lined Graphs represents respondents who answered to the above question. Poor
standard of living was mostly chosen resulting in 7 out of 13, Poverty/ Abuse was the second
most with 3 out of 13, Depression with 2 out of 13 and Poor health was the least with 1 out of the
thirteen questionnaires that was printed and distributed.

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The research was carried out to research specifically in the West Ruimveldt Community. The
questionnaires were used to find out each person’s main information which had included
respondents thoughts on unemployment as a whole were interrogated, the results were tallied up
as rough work and were represented in various forms namely, charts and graphs.

Respondents answered to the question what can be done to solve this problem, results have
proven that 46% of respondents had chosen provision of more jobs, 39% decided more training
centers and 15% had chosen other means. Respondents believe that the impact unemployment
have on the community have led to 46% increase in crime and violence , 31% breaking in and
entering, 15% being disobedient and 8% increase in poverty rate

The consequences unemployment have on the society had led to 39% of respondents suggested
emotional effect of unemployment, 38% lower production, 15% lower tax revenue and 8%
higher spending on unemployment relief. As it relates to question 7, 77% of respondents have
dependents and 23% does not. The second part of the question had given reference 23% led to
stress, 8% depression, 23% inability to attend school and 23% cannot provide them with basic
necessities as it referred to how being unemployed impacted respondents dependents.

The educational status of respondents were 8% illiterate, 0% primary, 46% middle and 46% are
graduate. Respondents had been without a job between 1-6 months 54%, 23% were between 7-
12 months, 15% were between 1-5 years and 8% were 6 years and over. The issue of
unemployment have affected 54% of respondents not meeting basic needs, 15% having a decline
in the standard of living, 23% not providing for your family and 8% of the respondents have
suggested other means.

Respondents maintained their basic needs with 0% of them begging, 0% stealing, 46% by family
assistance and 54% maintained their needs by hustling. If respondents were to rate the level of
unemployment in the community the percentage would be 8% between 20%-40%, 15% was

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between 41%-60%, 54% with the unemployment level at 61%-80% and 23% was rated with the
percentage 81%-100%.

Respondents in the West Ruimveldt Community have 0 CSEC subjects at 23%, 30% between 1-
3, 15% were between 4-6, and 7 and over are the subjects gained by 30% of respondents.

Additionally, the three things that can be implemented to reduce the unemployment rate, 50% of
the respondents suggested that the government should provide projects for the citizen, 25% noted
an expansion in the government ministries and 25% stated that provision of educational training
programs can reduce this issue. The sort of problems faced in the home because of unemployed
resulted in 75% of the respondents mentioned the loss of respect for elders, depression and
stealing.78% of the respondents if given the opportunity to migrate overseas they would take the
offer, on the other hand, 22% would reject the offer.

The majority of the respondents would chose the fields of work they are more comfortable in
working. 100% of the respondents have not been arrested for an unlawful offence. In relation to
the 6 question on the interview sheet majority of the respondents entertain themselves in their
spare time.100% of the respondents are very concerned about not being employed because being
unemployed leads to destruction and corruption in the community.

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 Findings

The major things the researcher had learnt during this research are as follows:

1. The impact of unemployment affects the economy negatively. These impacts can be
economic but, they can also be seen in areas like crime and violence in the family.
2. The social cost of unemployment includes; severe financial hardship and poverty,
debt, homelessness and household stress, shame and an increase in social isolation.
3. The majority of unemployed residents would seek unemployment by “Hustling” to
satisfy their basic needs.
4. A total of 54% of residents had stated that the government should provide educational
training programs.
5. From the (8) interview sheets that were printed and distributed 100% the respondents
have stated that unemployment in the home leads to problems such as the loss of
respect for others, stealing and depression.

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 Recommendations

The researchers recommend the following solutions will work to solve the issue of
unemployment in the West Ruimveldt Community:

1. Retraining programs will assist those who are experiencing structural. This will help the
respondents because they will learn new skills resulting therefore, in making them more
employable.
2. The provision of Government projects. This includes; the construction of new
infrastructure to lure workers into the area. This will reduce frictional unemployment
among workers who are geographically immobile.
3. To established apprenticeship program. This will give adults a chance to learn, trained
and improved their opportunities in finding jobs.

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 Conclusion

In completion of this School Based Assessment. The researchers can vividly say that all the
objectives that were outlined for this project were met. The issue of unemployment has a severe
impact on any economy. It creates negative effects to the unemployed, as they are jobless and
suffer from worse prospects to find new jobs and those who are employed feel secured to keep
their jobs in the future. Investigations otherwise were made towards for example: the major
problems caused by unemployment is an increased population, this leads to higher
unemployment rates and lack of educational skills. The consequences of this issue leads to
severe financial hardship poverty and debt. The Government can provide projects to lure the
unemployed into various sectors within the economy. Nevertheless, unemployment can be
controlled by reducing policies, geographical subsides etc. with this research information, it can
be settled that this research was successful.

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 Bibliography

Publications:

Dr R Hosein, G. S. (26th May, 2005). Longman Economics for csec. Harlow, United Kingdom: Pearson
Education Limited.

Marshall, A. (6th September, 2010). Principles of Economics. England: Nabu Press.

Internet Sites:
Address of websites: WWW.Wikipedia.com
Address of Authors: Jimmy Wales; Larry Sanger
Name of Organization: Wikipedia Foundation

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 MARK SCHEME FOR SCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENT

PROJECT AREAS PROFILE DISTRIBUTION Total

Knowledge and Application Interpretation
Comprehension and Analysis
Table of Contents 1 1
 Table of contents accurately links pages to
content – 1 mark (KC)

Topic/Issue/Problem 2 2
 Topic/issue/problem is clearly stated
– 1 mark (KC)
 Topic/issue/problem accurately describes the
project – 1 mark (KC)

Objectives 2 2
 Objectives are clearly stated and linked to the
topic/issue/problem – 1 mark (A)
 Objectives are realistic – 1 mark (A)

Background/Overview 4
 Includes a description of the
topic/issue/problem
- Description includes the history
1
– 1 mark (KC)
-Description includes the development
- 1 mark (KC) 1

 Establishes the need for research

- Why/how is the topic/issue/problem 1
important to student – 1 mark (A)
-Impact of topic/issue/problem on society
1
– 1 mark (A)
Methodology 9
 Data collection instrument clearly described – 2
1–2 marks (KC)
 Data collection instrument appropriate for
type of data – 1 mark (A) 1
 Included at least two instruments of data
collection – 1 mark (A) 0
 Method of data collection clearly described
– 1–2 marks (A) 2
 Method of data collection adequately
justified – 1–2 marks (IA) 2
 Limitations of data collection method clearly
stated – 1–2 marks (A) 2

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 PROJECT AREAS PROFILE DISTRIBUTION Total
Knowledge and Application Interpretation
Comprehension and Analysis
Presentation and Analysis of Data 8
 Data is presented an appropriate form using
tables, charts, graphs 2
– 1–2 marks (KC)
 Data presented are relevant to the
2
objectives of the project – 1–2 marks (A)
 Data is adequately analyzed
– 1–2 marks (A) 2
 Data is analysed using appropriate
statistics – mean, median, mode
– 1–2 marks (IA) 0
 Findings are consistent with analyses
– 1–2 marks (IA) 2

Conclusion 4
 Conclusion succinctly summarises the 2
project – 1–2 marks (A)
 Conclusion is logical and based on 2
findings – 1–2 marks (A)

Recommendation 4
 Recommendations are realistic and informed by 2
findings – 1–2 marks (IA)
 Recommendations contribute to a better
understanding of the 2
topic/issue/problem –1–2 marks (IA)
Bibliography 1
Bibliography contains names of authors, name of
publisher(s), names and dates of publication, and are
written in alphabetical order – 1 mark (KC)
1
Overall presentation 2
 Consistently uses correct spelling and 1
grammar – 1 mark (A)
 Expression of ideas logical and 1
 unambiguous – 1 mark (A)

TOTAL 10 20 10 40
STUDENT’S Marks 10 19 8 37

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