At the extended meeting of the working group of the expert council of the State Duma Youth Policy Committee, the Higher School of Economics and the Polylog advisory group discussed the results of a study on the “Image of the Future”. Russian Youth”.
According to the First Deputy Chairman of the Youth Policy Committee, Igor Kastyukevich, the meeting of the working group resulted in proposals for research under the general heading “Youth Dreams” on a wide range of topics in all regions of the country. According to the MP, the relevant committee is actively working to improve the mentoring institution. He suggested in the study to pay attention to how young people view the image of the mentor.
It was noted that the study was conducted among three age groups: 14-17 years old, 18-22 years old, 23-27 years old – schoolchildren, students and university graduates, and citizens who refuse higher education. the following areas: personal values, community values, personal future and the future of Russia.
Deputy Head of Special Projects Department of the “Polylog” advisory group, political science candidate Nikita Setov spoke about the results of the survey.
“The most patriotic group of young people is the 14-17 age group. True, they do not fully understand what is happening. At the same time, the family is more “valued” to the youngest group than the other two. Apparently it should be the other way around. “The older a person is, the more logical they are towards life, realizing that you need to start a family,” he said.
According to him, the most “difficult” and unbalanced viewers in terms of value orientations were between the ages of 23-27. He explained that the population is stuck between two different sets of values.
“Patriotism as a value and need is present in all age groups surveyed. But they can’t explain what happened. As well as the image of the state, which is fragmented and blurred among the youth. And it is clear that one of the tasks of the state, our task, is to help them choose the right definitions so that the image of patriotism and the state is clear to them, ”said Setov.
In turn, Sergey Mardanov, Director of the Development of School and Youth Projects on VKontakte, believes that content plays a key role in working with young people today. He noted that recently the government has begun to put more emphasis on creating UGS content for young people.
The participants of the discussion also noted that the results of the study will make it possible to formulate recommendations for further inclusion in various programs aimed at working with young people.