Education and Skills 2.0: New Targets and Innovative Approaches
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Experts from many international, regional and national agencies generously share their views, experiences and findings on skills, helping policy-makers among other stakeholders to understand the linkages between education, training and the world of work, and how to integrate skills into national development planning to promote employment and economic growth.
Access to training
Access for all to good quality education, vocational training and workplace learning is a fundamental principle of social cohesion and economic growth. Some groups of people may require targeted attention if they are to benefit from education, training and employment opportunities.
This is particularly the case for disadvantaged youth, lower skilled workers, people with disabilities, and people in rural communities. The attractiveness of vocational education and training is enhanced when combined with entrepreneurship training and when public policies encourage utilization of higher skills by business.
Training quality and relevance
Case studies and good practices
Case studies that document good practices and illustrate the benefits and lessons learnt of particular approaches or methods in real practice.
Research papers
Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues.
As the global community weighs next steps on the education and skills front, this book aims to provide the latest thinking on the critical importance of education and highlights what can be done to ensure that all people around the world can benefit. To this end, it critically reviews existing and new ideas, perspectives and frameworks on education through relevant analyses and case studies. The book explores the full array of social benefits of different programmes and interventions and related evidence of return on investment.
The real value-added of the publication is on conceptualizing and describing innovative, plausible, scalable, compelling and high-impact solutions that will improve access to education, strengthen educational quality, improve workers’ skills and increase equity – across income level, gender and other demographic subgroups. At the same time, the book tries to shine a light on the relevance of education and training to the labour market and the need to facilitate school-to-work transitions. In pursuing these goals, it takes a lifecycle approach, examining the full range of educational experiences – from pre-primary education to post-graduate training to worker education and training to mature worker reskilling. This vast educational experience can occur in both formal educational settings and informal systems.
This book also hopes to contribute to decision-making and research by presenting an accessible and up-to-date compilation of quantitative and qualitative education data across countries.