The current debate
on the causes of increased rural urban migration has not been able to
identify the causes of migration. In order to identify properly the
possible causes, students from colleges have been asked to write
college application essay samples
showing the possible causes of rural urban migration.
The students
are also supposed to give the possible effects of the migration and
at the same time think of some possible alternatives. These essays
are a form of competition whereby the students who comes up with the
best essay is rewarded by being offered a cash price worth more than
ten thousand dollars. The students were given an approximately one
week to gather all their views together with their evidence and then
make their presentation in a public forum conducted at the school.
The major cause of migration to urban areas was identified as being
the desire for the most of the people to look for employment in the
urban centers.
Most of the people living in the rural areas think
that employment opportunities come from the urban areas without
considering that even the rural areas can provide some form of
employment to the people. For instance, given group of unemployed
people can contribute some small capital and start a small business
like poultry rearing or bee keeping. This very profitable business
can greatly reduce the percentage of people who are unemployed and
consequently reduce on the number of people migrating to the urban
area. Increased urban migration can cause an increase in crime rate
in the city. This specifically results under circumstances where not
all the people who migrate to the urban areas are able to secure
themselves jobs.
