Making the education system more responsive to labour market needs

Making the education system more responsive to labour market needs can help support the employability of recent graduates, minimise skills imbalances and improve the resilience of the workforce to future changes in labour market demand. This chapter explores four opportunities to improve the responsiveness of the education system: 1) expanding career counselling services in education institutions 2) strengthening incentives for education institutions to align their offer with labour market needs 3) improving incentives and support for effective teaching and 4) strengthening collaboration between education institutions and employers.