Learning for Jobs – The OECD Policy Review of Vocational Education and Training (VET)

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The initial version of the comparative report 
is now available

For OECD member countries, a well-skilled workforce is one of the main supports for prosperity and growth. Some of the skills are coming from the expansion of general education at all levels. But OECD countries also need specific occupational skills - in quickly expanding fields such as in health care, in jobs driven by technology and new skills developments such as information technology, as well as in traditional trades like electricians, vehicle repairs and plumbers. The collective importance of these skills is high in all OECD economies, although the mix of skills and occupations in demand is changing fast. Typically initial vocational education and training systems have a big part to play in supplying these skills – and therefore play a critical role in meeting the needs of a well-functioning modern economy. These systems are now under intensive scrutiny to determine if they can deliver the skills required, and ensure that they adapt to fast-changing needs.

Launched in 2007, Learning for Jobs, the OECD policy review of vocational education and training, is designed to help countries with this task.    

One page summary of the work and key messages.     

• Overview
  Why the work matters, emerging issues, how the work is done and the timetable.
• Latest news and upcoming events
• Country reviews
  17 reports on different countries are published or in preparation.
• Comparative report
  Our main report.
  .....    Foreword to comparative report by OECD Secretary General
• Papers and studies
  OECD secretariat and commissioned papers prepared as part of the study.
• The team
  The OECD Learning for Jobs team, including contact details.
• Links
  Provides links to other relevant sites.

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Press release: Action needed to improve quality and relevance of vocational education and training, says OECD