Problem

Unproductive extension of schooling

Other Names:
Lengthening school life
Longer education
Nature:
As entry into jobs has come to depend more and more on formal qualifications and diplomas, attendance at courses has become mandatory for an ever-lengthening list of occupations, while entry on personal recommendations is relied on less frequently, especially in low-level and routine jobs, and advancement through on-the-job performance or training is becoming less frequent. Indirect consequences have been the lengthening in school life, encouragement of diploma hunting, and proliferation of private schools and courses in developed as well as developing countries, some of which have been a lucrative source of income for their organizers but are of dubious academic or professional worth.
Strategies:
Extending schooling
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 4: Quality EducationGOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthGOAL 15: Life on Land
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST