Education and Employability: The Critical Role of Foundational Skills

This Note sets out the role that foundational skills play in driving employability

Abstract

This Insight Note sets out the role that foundational skills, typically built through basic primary education, play in driving employability; how foundational skills affect Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) provision; and what implications this body of evidence has for education policy.

This research is part of the Research on Improving Systems of Education programme

Citation

Obiakor, T. and Newman, K. 2022. Education and Employability: The Critical Role of Foundational Skills. RISE Insight Series. 2022/048. https://doi.org/10.35489/BSG-RISE-RI_2022/048

Education and Employability: The Critical Role of Foundational Skills

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Published 18 November 2022