Education

• [New] Education for restoration will turn today's children into ecosystem ambassadors, provide skills for sustainable jobs and ensure that the UN Decade's achievements far outlive its timeframe. / UN Decade on Restoration
• [New] Morocco - The EU will support the higher education reform with the aim to modernise higher education and improve its relevance for the job market. / eeas Europa
• A significant investment in child care will increase the number of women with young children working full-time / full-year by about 17%, and by about 31% for women without any college degree. / The Century Foundation
• From education disruption and job losses, to a decline in mental health and rising gender-based violence, the Global Youth Mobilization will support young people to overcome the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. / who
• Some sectors, such as the green energy sector, will grow, with research predicting 1.18 million new green jobs by 2050 which will spur demand for adults to upskill and retrain. / House of Commons
• The UN emphasized that the Gaza Strip requires immense efforts in the housing and education sectors and to create job opportunities. / International Middle East Media Center
• In Africa, national digital skills and jobs coalitions could develop common digital skills curricula and support governments with expertise and projects to bring schools and education institutions to the digital age. / Europa
• Businesses able to operate freely will produce jobs, while a citizenry equipped with in-demand skills and a competitive educational system will propel South Africa to global competiveness. / Free Market Foundation
• The United Nations says sub-Saharan Africa is projected to be the source of more than half of the world's population growth between now and 2050, straining countries' abilities to provide good education, jobs and health care. / ABC News
• Closing racial gaps in wages, housing credit, lending opportunities, and access to higher education would amount to an additional $5 trillion in gross domestic product in the American economy over the next 5 years, and create millions of new jobs. / wp-content
• Many youths who do not have formal education come into Lagos State in search of income opportunities and ultimately take up informal jobs. / Techpoint Africa
• 5G will bring 4.5 million new jobs and generate an estimated $1.5 trillion in economic growth in industries like healthcare, transportation, education, energy, and more. / Townhall
• The Education 4.0 initiative will contribute to the Platform for Shaping the Future of the New Economy and Society's vision to impact 1 billion people with improved educational and job opportunities by 2030. / World Economic Forum (WEF)
• Over the next decade, employers will need to fill millions of jobs that require higher-order thinking skills, specialized knowledge, and education or training beyond high school. / wp-content
• The coming of "hyperglobalization" strengthened opportunities for U.S. workers without formal education to find jobs where their skills, experience, and tacit knowledge could be deployed in ways that were highly productive. / Grasping Reality with Both Hands: bradford-delong.com:
• As more jobs are expected to require postsecondary education and training in the future, it is important that Ontario continue to support increased participation in higher education. / Ontario Ministry of Finance
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $200 million loan to upgrade four higher education institutions in Indonesia and improve the technical and vocational training programmes that will help youth obtain the job skills needed in the evolving global economy. / AEC News Today
• By 2037, artificial intelligence will create more than 7 million new jobs in the healthcare, education, and science fields in the UK. / Impact Lab
• Most jobs forecast to be created by 2030 will require a medium or high level of education, while it is expected that the supply of workers with high-level qualifications will be insufficient within the next decade. / European Commission
• By 2020, automation will be creating more jobs than it is destroying globally, with job gains in healthcare, education, and the public sector outweighing losses in manufacturing. / Institute for Public Policy Research
• With a predicted $4.6 billion in revenue losses in 2020 alone, mainly attributed to a lack of international students, conservative estimates put job losses in tertiary education at 21,000 in Australia. / SBS News
• With just over 50,000 people in Scotland due to leave education this year to look for work, and with a further 25,000 young people already unemployed in Scotland, there is a clear need to protect and boost job opportunities going forward. / Institute for Public Policy Research

Last updated: 09 May 2021