Category Archives: Training
Without skills, no lasting spring for Arab youth
Arab countries must provide the right skills for their large youth population if the Arab Spring is to have lasting effects, according to the 2010/2011 Arab Knowledge Report, a collaboration between the United Nations Development Programme and the Mohammed bin … Continue reading
Posted in Arab States, Basic education, Economic growth, Employment, Governance, Literacy, Secondary school, Skills, Training, Youth
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Rural women miss out on education — and decent jobs
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day on March 8, “Empower Rural Women,” sheds light on the struggle that many poor, rural women face in completing even … Continue reading
The struggle to learn skills in the city
UNICEF’s flagship annual report, launched today, focuses on the lives of marginalized children in urban areas. The State of the World’s Children 2012 finds that children in urban environments are often denied their right to education, leaving many without the … Continue reading
Listening to the voices of young people
No one feels more strongly than young people themselves the mismatch between the jobs that are available and the skills that they acquire in education systems. Or, for many, the skills they don’t get a chance to acquire: 74 million … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, Equality, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth
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Who is responsible for developing youth skills?
What role should the private sector play in developing the skills of young people? That’s one of the questions likely to come up at two international events on the theme of our upcoming 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report … Continue reading
Posted in Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Governance, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth
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World Youth Report puts focus on skills
As youth unemployment figures continue to rise in many parts of the world, the need for young people to have the skills that employers want is drawing more and more attention – not least from the young themselves. Their voices … Continue reading
Posted in Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Governance, Skills, Training, Youth
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How do skills develop? Cognitive neuroscience offers some insights
By Helen Abadzi, Senior Education Specialist, Global Partnership for Education Developing countries want their citizens to acquire and use complex skills, but there is much debate over the best ways to achieve this (as the 2012 Education for All Global … Continue reading
Can the ‘German model’ bridge the skills gap elsewhere?
By Léna Krichewsky, research officer, Education for All Global Monitoring Report What do all those experts and politicians mean when they point to the “German model” as a kind of magic recipe to solve the problem of youth unemployment by … Continue reading
Help us picture the future!
We’re running an artwork contest for young people on the theme of youth, skills and work – the focus of our forthcoming 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report. The winner’s work will be used in the report. The contest … Continue reading
Posted in Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Post-secondary education, Skills, Training, Uncategorized, Youth
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Youth jobs crisis pushes EU to address ‘skills mismatch’
Hard on the heels of Davos, where the “skills gap” was the subject of several sessions, the European summit on Monday showed that high unemployment is concentrating EU leaders’ minds on improving training for young people – the focus of … Continue reading
