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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Lack of relationship between education and available jobs

Lack of relationship between education and available jobs

  • Imbalance between training and existence of openings in various professions

Broader

Educational wastage
Excellent
Underutilization of human resources
Presentable
Disparity between workers skills and job requirements
Presentable

Narrower

Graduate and post-graduate unemployment
Presentable

Aggravates

Disruptive migration of trained personnel
Excellent
Waste of human resources
Presentable
Underutilization of labour force
Presentable
Restricted scope of local employment
Presentable
Obsolete vocational skills
Presentable
Education vocationally irrelevant
Presentable
Unfair social representation in military forces
Yet to rate
Unemployed skilled labour
Yet to rate
Obstacles to education
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Inappropriate education
Presentable
Inadequate industrial retraining programmes
Presentable
Unplanned training structures
Yet to rate
Uncoordinated government policy-making
Yet to rate
Limited ways of matching talent and jobs
Yet to rate
Insufficient apprenticeship opportunities
Yet to rate
Inadequate education system
Yet to rate

Reduced by

Economic rationalism driving education
Presentable

Value

Overeducation
Yet to rate
Nonexistence
Yet to rate
Lack
Yet to rate
Imbalance
Yet to rate
Existence
Yet to rate
Education
Yet to rate
Balance
Yet to rate

Reference

Carnoy, Martin: Education and Employment: a critical appraisal

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #4: Quality EducationSustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Subject
  • Education » Education
  • Education » Training
  • Social activity » Employment
  • Social activity » Income
  • Social activity » Professions
  • Societal problems » Imbalances
  • Societal problems » Scarcity
  • Society » People
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 1, 2022