Noting the paradox of high unemployment and skills shortages, South Africa's Minister for Higher Education and Training described initiatives to better align skills with needs, improve the quality of technical and vocational education and training and increase opportunities to do apprenticeships.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Where once government-run schools were seen as a means to provide the children of indigent families with education and vocational training (as well as to assimilate immigrant families), such tax-funded schools soon became the norm, with many people unable to remember or imagine alternatives.

FORBES: School Choice And The Advancement Of Society

Most recently, UNESCO has promoted gender-sensitive approaches to literacy research, engaged in innovative new partnerships with the private sector and focused on the integration of girls into national technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programmes.

UNESCO: Third International Congress on TVET

We talked about Germany in particular with its experience and vocational training schemes, offering an alliance for jobs, for training and education.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama and Chancellor Merkel Press Conference