Focus on: Are education systems focusing on the right skills?

Are education systems focusing on developing the right skills at school and universities? Societies are ageing, workforces are shrinking, productivity is slowing, radicalism is growing, and young people are aspiring to jobs with maximum security. Is Europe losing its dynamism? Its innovative capacity? And if things continue on the same path, what will be the consequences for our way of living and position on the international stage?
A recent Eurydice report on entrepreneurship education sheds some light on this question. It suggests that most education systems (29 out of 38) have a strategy in place for developing entrepreneurship education. However, it also identifies the lack of clear learning outcomes and the link to assessment as one of the main hindrances to the development of effective and high quality entrepreneurship education. More...