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Rethinking the Skills of Youth After the Epidemic

World Youth Skills Day 2021 will once again take place in a challenging situation due to the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic.

• UNESCO estimates that schools are closed in whole or in part for more than 30 weeks between March 2020 and May 2021 in the international arena. By the end of June, 19 countries still have school closures, affecting about 157 million students. And 768 million students are affected by the partial closure of schools.

• Respondents to a study of technology and skills centres (TVET) co-sponsored by UNESCO, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Bank reported that grade training has become a common way to provide skills, with great difficulty about, among other things. communications, or testing procedures and certificates.

• ILO estimates show that globally, youth employment has dropped by 8.7 per cent by 2020, compared to 3.7 per cent for adults, with the most significant decline in low-income countries. The effects of this disruption of youth experience in the labour market can last for years.

World Youth Skills Day 2021 will honour the resilience and skills of young people at this critical time. Participants will look at how TVET systems adapt to the epidemic and the recession, think about how those programs can contribute to recovery, and think about the important things to follow in the post-COVID-19-world.

Why is World Skills Day important?

In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared July 15 as World Skills Day, to celebrate the importance of youth empowerment, decent work and entrepreneurship. Since then, World Youth Day events have provided a unique opportunity for dialogue between young people, tertiary and technical institutions (TVET), firms, employers 'and workers' organizations, policy makers and development partners.

What is the role of education and technical training?

Education and training is key to achieving the 2030 Agenda. The vision of the Incheon Declaration: Education 2030 is fully documented by the Sustainable Development Goal 4 "Ensure inclusive and equitable education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all". Education 2030 focuses on the development of technical skills, especially in terms of access to basic education and technology (TVET); acquisition of technical and vocational skills, decent work and entrepreneurship; eliminating gender inequality and ensuring access to the vulnerable. In this context, TVET is expected to address a wide range of economic, social and environmental needs by helping young and old people develop the skills they need to find employment, decent work and entrepreneurship, promote equitable, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, and support green economic transformation and environmental sustainability.

TVET can equip young people with the skills needed to gain access to the world of work, including self-employment. TVET can also increase responsiveness to the transformation demands of skills by companies and communities, increase productivity and raise wages. TVET can reduce barriers to accessing the world of work, for example through work-based learning, and ensure that the skills acquired are recognized and validated. TVET can also provide opportunities to develop the skills of low-skilled or underemployed people, in addition to school youth and illiterate, employed and training people (NEETs).