Category Archives: Skills

BRIEFLY: Skills for work on the agenda in Shanghai

Posted on 11 May 2012 by EFA Editor

With high youth unemployment making headlines around the world, it is more crucial than ever to give young people a chance to learn the skills that employers need. Policy makers and education specialists from around the world will tackle these issues … Continue reading →

Posted in Employment, Equity, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth | 3 Comments

Art contest winner announced

Posted on 10 May 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

We are proud to announce that the winner of the 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report art contest is Khalid Mohamed Hammad Elkhateem, 23, from Sudan, whose entry “In the middle of nowhere” is shown here. We asked young … Continue reading →

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More children are in school – but are they learning?

Posted on 30 April 2012 by EFA Editor

By Susan Davis, president and chief executive, BRAC USA With the Education for All goals and the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education by 2015 on our minds, perhaps it’s time to start thinking about measurements of educational quality, rather than … Continue reading →

Posted in Developing countries, Employment, Equality, Equity, Gender, Innovative financing, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth | 5 Comments

Without skills, no lasting spring for Arab youth

Posted on 21 March 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

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 | Tagged Target 4.4 | 1 Comment

BRIEFLY: In Nairobi, a focus on decent jobs and better lives

Posted on 16 March 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

Since Thursday, young people from across the globe have been meeting with senior leaders from the UN, governments and civil society in Nairobi at the Youth 21 Building for Change conference. The gathering aims to find better ways of engaging … Continue reading →

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Rural women miss out on education — and decent jobs

Posted on 5 March 2012 by Pauline Rose

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 →

Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Employment, Equality, Gender, Literacy, Marginalization, Out-of-school children, Rural areas, Skills, Training, Youth | 18 Comments

The struggle to learn skills in the city

Posted on 28 February 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

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 →

Posted in Basic education, Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Gender, Governance, Literacy, Marginalization, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Skills, Training, Urbanization, Youth | 5 Comments

Listening to the voices of young people

Posted on 27 February 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

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 →

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Who is responsible for developing youth skills?

Posted on 23 February 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

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 | Tagged Target 4.4 | 3 Comments

World Youth Report puts focus on skills

Posted on 10 February 2012 by EFA Editor

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 →