What personal difficulties do your kids face before they ever enter the classroom? What are the concerns they have for the country? New information from the Mission Australia Youth Survey indicates that the environment is now young people's top issue, followed by fairness and prejudice and mental health.

Yet during the past year, home instability and research proposal writing service Toronto worries have also had an impact. 18.800 young people between the ages of 15 and 19 who participated in the 2022 survey said that 10.4% of them were concerned about finding a safe place to stay and 8.4% had gone away from home for an extended period of time out of fear of being unable to return.

the nation's pressing problems

The environment was ranked as one of Australia's top priorities by just over half (51%) of those polled, up from 38% in 2021 and 29.8% in 2020. Climate change was a concern for 25.5% of the population.

More than one-third (35.9%) of respondents equity and discrimination as important on a national level, and 27.1% reported experiencing discrimination in the previous year, most frequently on the basis of gender, race/ethnicity, or mental health.

Young people continue to have serious concerns about their mental health; 33.9% believe it to be a crucial national issue, 28.8% report experiencing a lot of psychological anguish, and 23.5% say they feel lonely most of the time.

Issues and solutions in education

The biggest personal problem a young person had to face in the previous year was asked to be described in their own words, without prompting, along with any strategies they had found useful in overcoming it.

"The responses to these questions are a valuable source for understanding the concerns and solutions that are top-of-mind for young people," the survey report (Leung et al., 2022) advises.

Four in ten (41.5%) young people noted challenges relating to school, which included academic pressure, high workload, challenges with teachers, or learning difficulties. The top four personal challenges that young people experienced in the past year were related to school, mental health, relationships, and COVID-19.

Over three quarters (73.2%) of young people feel the pandemic has badly impacted their schooling, up from 62.3% in 2021. "These issues exist in the context of years of COVID-19 upheaval."

One in five young people struggled to balance their obligations outside of school (20.2%) and felt pressured to get good results (20.7%).

According to the survey report, a tiny percentage of those polled (2.7%) reported having troubled relationships with school personnel and desiring stronger help from their institution.

Almost all young people (85.8%) were enrolled in full-time studies, and 62.6% reported being pleased or extremely satisfied with their education. However, 41.8% of respondents claimed they face obstacles to pursuing their academic or professional goals, with the top 3 being financial difficulty, academic difficulty, and mental health.

Conclusion

When asked to reflect on what had helped them deal with personal issues, young people responded that having their own networks of family and friends, relaxing occasionally, having assistance at school, and having access to professional support had all been effective.