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OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Education vocationally irrelevant

Education vocationally irrelevant

  • Overacademic orientation in schools
  • Unpractical education
  • Impractical public education
  • Lack of practical school activities
  • Vocational education void
  • Unprepared vocational potential

Nature

In the currently prevailing situation of rapid change in methods of production, prior training cannot ensure employment. In addition, job training programmes tend to focus more on providing credentials than on developing useful skills.

Broader

Lack of relevant education in rural communities
Presentable
Lack of emphasis on basic education
Presentable
Inappropriate education
Presentable
Inadequate results of formal schooling
Presentable
Attitudinal obstacles to practical education
Presentable
Inadequate education system
Yet to rate

Narrower

Limits of second language teaching
Presentable
Inadequate use of visual imagery for societal learning
Presentable
Unsupplemented school curriculum
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Educated unemployed
Presentable
Unvalued diplomas
Yet to rate
Disputed educational programmes
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Outmoded education system
Presentable
Lack of vocational teachers
Presentable
Mandatory bilingual education
Presentable
Lack of relationship between education and available jobs
Yet to rate
Ineffective educational policy decisions
Yet to rate
Inadequate career advice
Yet to rate
Complex curriculum writing
Yet to rate

Strategy

Taking advantage of vocational training
Yet to rate
Specifying requirements for employment
Yet to rate
Providing sufficient practical school activities
Yet to rate
Providing education
Yet to rate
Improving public education
Yet to rate
Exposing irrelevance of educational curricula
Yet to rate
Abstaining from practical school activities
Yet to rate

Value

Unpreparedness
Yet to rate
Overeducation
Yet to rate
Lack
Yet to rate
Irrelevance
Yet to rate
Impracticality
Yet to rate
Education
Yet to rate
Disorientation
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #4: Quality Education

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Action » Action
  • Societal problems » Scarcity
  • Education » Education
  • Education » Vocational guidance
  • Education » Schools
  • Education » Educational content » Educational content
  • Government » Public
  • Development » Potential
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    F3519
    DOCID
    11635190
    D7NID
    150177
    Last update
    Nov 25, 2022