World Youth Skills Day
World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) is celebrated every 15th July. One of its main goals is to raise awareness about technical and vocational education and training in the local and global economy. When it comes to getting a job, young people are nearly three times more likely to be unemployed than adults and constantly face a worse quality of employment and more labor market inequities.
Do you know? According to a recent study, women are more likely than males to be underemployed and underpaid and work in part-time or short-term occupations. There is a mismatch between the skills employees in the market can supply and the capabilities employers need, which is why young people are unemployed. Structural unemployment is a problem in every part of the world. It hinders the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development’s goal of creating both equal and inclusive societies.
Importance
UN General Assembly established 15th July 2014 as World Youth Skills Day to recognize the strategic importance of training young people with skills for employment, decent labor, and entrepreneurship in the global workforce. There has been a significant level of interaction between young people and institutions of TVET and between employers and workers and policymakers and development partners since the first World Youth Skills Day was held in 2010. Skill development is becoming increasingly important as the world moves toward a more sustainable type of development.
The 2030 Agenda relies heavily on education and training. The Incheon Declaration’s vision: SDG 4 “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and encourage lifelong learning for all” encompasses Education 2030. TVET is a significant focus of Education 2030, as is the eradication of gender disparities in employment, decent work, and entrepreneurship and ensuring that the most vulnerable have equal access to high-quality TVET. There are several expectations that TVET is required to meet in this context. Encouraging fair and inclusive economic growth, Assisting transitions to green economies and Ensuring environmental sustainability.
The COVID-19 epidemic destabilizes the TVET industry, making TVET World Youth Skills Day 2021. TVET still faces a long road to recovery, especially in nations where the spread of the disease continues to be overwhelming. Emerging from a crisis in which training has been disrupted in an unprecedented manner on a nearly universal scale, youth skills development will encounter a range of novel issues.
The pandemic’s socio-economic effects will be most felt by those aged 15 to 24. The loss of education and training is a consequence of school and job closures. However, it is difficult, if not impossible, when it comes to several major life-cycle transitions like high school graduation and college enrollment. Young people’s ability to bounce back from setbacks is a critical skill that TVET may help develop. All stakeholders must work together to guarantee that skills development continues and that training programs are introduced to fill up any gaps. It’s time to reinvent solutions to take into account both the current and the future possibilities.
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Fun Fact
What is the full form of TVET?
Technical and vocational education and training.
