Innovative Approaches for Future-Ready Adult Learning Systems

Innovative Approaches for Future-Ready Adult Learning Systems

Organisation: 
OECD
Country: 
International
Date: 
31 January 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic led to job loss for many adults. Some of these jobs will not be recovered, given the accelerated adoption of new technologies during the pandemic and changes in consumption habits and work preferences. There is an urgent need for adults to upskill and retrain in new jobs and sectors. But the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) suggests that less than half of adults in European countries and the US participate in training. Adults who are lower-skilled or older are also much less likely to train than their peers.

 

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