Compétences des conseillers principaux d'éducation dans l'enseignement agricole
Un arrêté redéfinit le référentiel de compétences de ces conseillers principaux d'éducation.
Arrêté du 10 novembre 2017. Plus...
Solving the Work Force’s Skills Gap
It requires offering a broad-based education in which digital skills are developed throughout the entire curriculum and a wide array of co-curricular experiences, write Kimberly Cassidy and Gina Siesing. More...
The Myth of the Skills Gap
The Myth of the Skills Gap
Andrew Weaver, MIT Technology Review, 2017/08/25
The proposition being defended by this article is a refutation of the "article of faith" among pundits that "America’s workers lack the skills employers demand." The 'skills gap' argument is in fact a global argument, not limited to American employers or workers. More...
The gap between what employers need and the skills of the workforce is growing
Techno-News Blog. The skills gap refers to the skills required by employers and the training held by the workforce or the number of jobs requiring skills that the workforce does not have. There are more than 60,000 unfilled jobs in the state, of which nearly 18,000 are deemed critical to growing the economy. More...
Building Competencies for Careers
Building Competencies for Careers
Maria Ferguson, Diane Stark Rentner, Nancy Kober, Matthew Frizzell, Matthew Brau, Center on Educational Policy, 2017/05/31
This report (16 page PDF) explores how deeper learning competencies apply to the workplace through an analysis of the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database. The deeper learning competencies include such things as learning to learn, critical thinking, academic mindset, collaboration and communication. More...
Closing Italy’s skills gap is everyone’s business
Today, Italy is facing a skills gap. OECD Surveys measuring the skills of 15 year-olds (PISA) and adults between the ages of 16 and 64 years old (Survey of Adult Skills, PIAAC) have detected a significant shortfall in skills compared with other countries. Despite progress achieved over the past decade, young Italians’ PISA scores in literacy and science are still relatively low compared with the OECD average. Adults display an even larger skills gap compared to their peers in other OECD countries. More...
Good Practice in Adapting to Changing Skill Needs
Posted by . Skills mismatch and shortages are costly for individuals, employers and society in terms of reducing pay, lowering productivity and dampening growth. Therefore, tackling these skill imbalances should be a high priority for policy. But what can de done? A new OECD report (Getting Skills Right: Good Practice in Adapting to Changing Skill Needs) provides examples and insights into the practical ways in which governments improve the matching of skill supply and demand through policy. It is based on five in-depth country reviews of Spain, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and South Africa. More...