The Transition of Youth from School to Work: Issues and Policies (IIEP, 2000, 188 p.): Chapter I. From initial education to working life: making transition work by Marianne Durand-Drouhin and Richard Sweet: Introduction

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

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

Introduction

The following text presents a summary of results from a comparative policy review, the 'Thematic Review of the transition from initial education to working life'. The review, conducted between 1996 and 1998 under the auspices of the OECD's Education Committee, involved 14 OECD countries: Australia; Austria; Canada; the Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; Hungary; Japan; Norway; Portugal; Sweden; Switzerland; the United Kingdom; and the United States.