OFFERING YOUNG AND ADULT PEOPLE A SECOND CHANCE

WORLD FAMILY SUMMIT + 6PARIS – 3 – 5 DECEMBER 2010

FOR INDIVIDUALS, THE SKILLS CARRIED INTO THE LABOUR MARKET HAVE A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON JOB SECURITY AND WAGES

IN THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF

TANZANIA, TWO OUT OF

THREE VOCATIONAL

STUDENTS ARE TRACKED

AFTER PRIMARY SCHOOL

YOUTH AGED 15 TO 24 MAKE

UP ONE-QUARTER OF THE

WORLD’S POPULATION BUT

ALMOST HALF OF THE

UNEMPLOYED

MILLIONS OF YOUTH LEAVE

SCHOOL WITHOUT

SUFFICIENT EMPLOYABLE

SKILLS

“SECOND-CHANCE”

PROGRAMMES CAN HELP

COMBAT YOUTH

MARGINALIZATION

ENROLMENT IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION BY REGION (2007)

TOTAL FEMALE

000 (%)

WORLD 518 72147

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 409 12547

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 83 32549

COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION 26.26148

IN INDIA JUST 3% OF RURAL

AREA YOUTHS AND 6% OF

THOSE WHO LIVE IN URBAN

AREAS BENEFIT FROM ANY

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

IN BURUNDI, CAMEROON,

KENYA AND NIGERIA,

YOUTH WITH SECONDARY

AND TERTIARY EDUCATION

HAVE HIGHER RATES OF

UNEMPLOYMENT THAN

THOSE WITH LOWER

LEVELS OF ATTAINMENT

IN IRAN THE HIGHER

UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL IS

FOUND AMONG STUDENTS

WHO HAVE FINISHED

COLLEGE

AND THE MOST

INSTRUCTED WOMEN HAVE

THE HIGHEST

UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IS

FAILING TO TARGET THOSE

WHO FACE THE MOST ACUTE

DISADVANTAGES

IN MOST COUNTRIES,

GOVERNMENTS,

EMPLOYERS, TRADE UNIONS,

CIVIL SOCIETY AND PRIVATE

AGENCIES ARE INVOLVED IN

TECHNICAL AND

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

PROGRAMMES IN LATIN AMERICA : LINKING SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT

IMPORTANT INSIGHTS INTO THE CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL YOUTH TRAINING

- STRONG TARGETING- TRAINING IS LINKED WITH WORK AND WIDER SKILLS- MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION

THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC

CRISIS HAS PUSHED

LEARNING AND SKILLS UP THE

POLITICAL AGENDA

NATIONAL SERVICE OF INDUSTRIAL LEARNING (SENAI)

FOUNDED IN 1874IN 1909 WAS CREATED A NETWORK OF SCHOOLS FOR VOCATIONAL LEARNING

2008 – 2.382.257 APPRENTICES ENROLLED

NATIONAL SERVICE OF COMMERCIAL LEARNING – (SENAC)

FOUNDED IN 1942

2007 – 1.121.553 APPRENTICES ENROLLED

NATIONAL SERVICE OF RURAL LEARNING – (SENAR)

FOUNDED IN 1991

2007 – 715.179 APPRENTICES ENROLLED

WORKERS SUPPORT FUND (2008 DATA)

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION US$ 82 127 906

DIRECTED CREDIT TO GENERATE EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME US$ 45 610 465

PRODUCTIVE MICROCREDIT US$ 1 962 210

FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS

2008 – 215.000 APPRENTICES ENROLLED FORECAST FOR 2010 – 500.000 APPRENTICES ENROLLED

IN BRAZIL, 70% OF YOUTHS WHO FINISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO SUPERIOR COURSES

SPIRALING YOUTH

UNEMPLOYMENT HAS

ADDED A SENSE OF

URGENCY TO NATIONAL

DEBATES OVER TECHNICAL

AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING

THERE IS A GROWING SENSE

IN WHICH “WHAT YOU

KNOW” IS LESS IMPORTANT

THAN “WHAT YOU ARE ABLE

TO LEARN”