The Transition of Youth from School to Work: Issues and Policies (IIEP, 2000, 188 p.)

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Summary

Introduction by David Atchoarena

Chapter I. From initial education to working life: making transition work by Marianne Durand-Drouhin and Richard Sweet

Introduction

1. The purposes and outcomes of the OECD Thematic Review

2. Changes in young people's transition to work during the 1990s

3. The transitions are taking longer

4. Changing patterns of participation in education and training

5. The key features of effective transition systems

6. Well-organized pathways that connect initial education with work, further study or both

7. Workplace experience combined with education

8. Tightly-knit safety nets for those at risk

9. Good information and guidance

10. Effective institutions and processes

11. No single model - what counts is giving priority to youth

Chapter II. Training unemployed youth in Latin America: same old sad story? by Claudio de Moura Castro and Aimée Verdisco

Introduction

1. On the elusive art of training

2. Training to improve employability: experiences from Latin America

3. Lessons

4. Conclusion: are youth training programmes still a good idea?

Chapter III. Transition from school to work in Korea: reforms to establish a new pathway structure across education and the labour market by Kioh Jeong

Introduction

1. Economic adjustment and youth in Korea

2. Roles of institutions in school-to-work transition

3. From school to work: business and industry involvement

4. Ongoing education reform and implications for youth

5. Conclusions: developing pathways

Chapter IV. The integration of youth into the informal sector: the Kenyan experience by Ahmed K. Ferej

Introduction

1. Background

2. The growth of the informal sector in Kenya

3. Vocationalization of the formal education system

4. Accessibility to skill training in the informal sector

5. Implications for education and training

Conclusion

Chapter V. Youth and work in South Africa: issues, experiences and ideas from a young democracy by Adrienne Bird

Introduction

1. Unemployment and recession

2. Social dimensions of unemployment

3. Government responses to unemployment

4. School and skill issues for young people

5. Government responses - education and training

6. What does this all mean from the perspective of a young person?

Conclusion

IIEP publications and documents

The International Institute for Educational Planning

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