Building Future-Ready Vocational Education and Training Systems
A changing world of work brings the importance of Vocational Education and Training (VET) to the forefront, as it has the ability to develop the skills that are needed in today’s labour markets and societies. At the same time, structural changes highlight the need to re-engineer certain parts of VET systems in some countries to make them more resilient and ensure they can make the most of the opportunities ongoing changes present.
This report zooms in on four key dimensions of future-ready VET systems: i) responsiveness to changing skill needs; ii) the flexibility to make VET work for all; iii) the ability to support transitions into a changing labour market and further learning; iv) the potential of digital technology to innovate VET design and delivery. For each of these dimensions, the report presents a set of key questions that policymakers and other VET stakeholders should consider when re-engineering VET to make it more future-ready, as well as insights from data and international examples of policies and practices.
Executive summary
Labour markets and societies are undergoing profound changes, due to structural factors such as the green and digital transition. These changes have implications for skill needs, and vocational education and training (VET) can play a key role in ensuring that young people and adults have the skills that societies and labour markets require today, but also for the (near) future. At the same time, VET can equip people with the transversal skills needed to be responsive to change. Sitting at the intersection between the education system and the labour market, VET is well placed to respond to changing skill needs. It is a major part of education systems around the world, enrolling a large proportion of learners at various levels of education.
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