All news: Education and training

Apprenticeship

Tackling Jordan’s youth unemployment hands-on

The ILO and its partners use apprenticeship programmes to fight youth unemployment in Jordan.

School-to-work transition

Does investing in education pay off for African youth?

In sub-Saharan Africa, a stable, well-paid job is often an impossible dream, even for educated young people, according to an ILO report.

Practical solutions

Second edition of ergonomic checkpoints now also available in Chinese

Fully revised and expanded, this new edition of the highly successful 'Ergonomic checkpoints' is aimed at reducing work-related accidents and diseases and improving safety, health and working conditions. Building on the wealth of experience of...

Youth entrepreneurship

Agriculture and youth employment: The missing link

The agricultural sector has a huge potential to create jobs but needs to polish its image in order to attract more young people. To do this, governments should provide relevant education and training.

Disabilities

A father, a mechanic, a trainer, an entrepreneur and disabled – in that order

Ask anyone in Tongi about Mosharrof Hossain and they’ll tell you he’s the man to fix your fridge. What they probably won’t tell you is that he will do it without hands.

Gender equality

A quiet revolution: Women in Bangladesh

Women in Bangladesh have made major strides over the past decades, putting the South Asian country at the forefront among the least-developed countries in addressing gender disparity.

ILO supported vulnerable groups thru education, employment & training in Pakistan

ILO organized a national event to showcase its project "Empowering vulnerable groups through Employment, Education and Training" on 10 December 2013.

ILO meeting to discuss apprenticeship systems in Europe

Experience shows apprenticeships can have a positive impact on youth employment. Government, employer and worker representatives from EU countries are meeting to discuss best practices and measures to further improve their efficiency.

International Organisation of Employers and Business and Industry Advisory Committee set up Global Apprenticeships Network

To ensure skills for business and create employment for youth the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), together with the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC) co-host the Global Apprenticeships Network (GAN), in...

Labor Ministry helps to employ 30,000 people in Kyrgyzstan

More than 30,000 people have been employed through the Labor Ministry in Kyrgyzstan, Labor, Migration and Youth Minister of Kyrgyzstan Aliyasbek Alymkulov told today at a press conference.

Child labour

Lebanon pledges to end the worst forms of child labour by 2016

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman announces the launch of a national action plan to eliminate child labour in its worst forms within three years.

Statement of the Workers Group on the Unlawful Deregistration of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU)

From Pakistan

A dream comes true in a motorbike repair shop

Changing perceptions is sometimes the biggest challenge when it comes to fighting child labour. But dialogue and cooperation is always a good start.

World Teachers’ Day

Joint message from UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF and ILO

A Call for Teachers! Joint message from Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General; Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General; Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director; Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator;

World Teachers’ Day

Interview with Fred van Leeuwen, General Secretary of Education International

On the occasion of World Teachers Day*, Fred Van Leewen, the General Secretary of Education International(EI) gives his views about challenges facing by teachers unions to improve education quality. In this interview, he explains also the role of...

Labour market

Asia-Pacific on the road to middle-class employment

A recent ILO study shows that despite robust economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region, millions of people are still living under or just above the poverty line.

Child labour

Convergence – A way to end child labour in India

The ILO teams up with the local authorities to help remove and prevent children from entering child labour in urban and rural areas in five states.

Viet Nam’s leading labour journalists trained in Labour Code

More than 30 labour and employment journalists from major media organizations in Viet Nam gathered in the central city of Da Nang on 18 July for a training workshop in the new Labour Code.

Skills and competitiveness

Ryder calls for strengthening skills development to bridge the gap between the worlds of education and work

ILO and WTO stress their shared goal to realize the potential of trade opening for employment and for productive and decent work for more people.

World Day Against Child Labour 2013: Child domestic workers to present “The Broken Pearl behind the Mop”

The ILO estimates that there are 2.6 million domestic workers in Indonesia, of which 26 per cent are children under the age of 18 years old. The great majority of domestic workers are female, around 90 per cent, with low educational levels mainly...