Providing the right skills to all in China: From “made in china” to “created in china”
Providing the right skills to all in China: From “made in china” to “created in china”
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Information is gathered from other international organizations that promote skills development and the transition from education and training to work. The Interagency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was established in 2009 to share research findings, coordinate joint research endeavours, and improve collaboration among organizations working at the international and national levels.
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Within this context, this paper first documents the remarkable progress made so far in educational attainment, but also highlights various skills mismatches faced by new graduates entering the labour market, drawing on new survey evidence. It stresses the importance of the right incentives to innovate in universities. The paper then discusses how to improve the quality of education, which is uneven and overly focused on rote learning and exams, and how to attract and retain better teachers. The paper goes on to examine inequalities in access to good education and explores how to make the education system more inclusive to provide opportunities at all stages to all, and flexible enough to adapt in the face of ongoing structural change. The paper highlights some of the key policy challenges faced by China in providing the right skills to all and proposes measures to address them.
DOI: 10.1787/5js1j18g4tlx-en
School-to-work transition
Skills and training policy
Asia and the Pacific