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Poland launched an educational reform in 1999. The main goals of this reform, among others, were raising education levels and adapting the educational system to labour market requirements. In terms of education and skills, Poland recently attained one of the highest educational attainment levels among OECD member countries for the youngest generation, with at least 90% of young people completing upper secondary education in 2002. However, only about 46% of those aged 25 to 64 have attained at least upper secondary education, a low level by international comparison and a clear indicator of the need for continuing education. Lower levels of educational attainment in Poland have persisted over a very long time and even those people still in school after the transition in 1989 have had much lower levels than the OECD average.