Norway’s predominately public and tuition-fee free tertiary education system encourages participation and has high … governance are essential for higher quality education and research. Effective monitoring of the outcomes is also vital. The …

China has made impressive strides in education in recent decades, even though the accumulation of human capital has … lagged behind that of physical capital. Going forward, access to and quality of education will be key to sustain economic … number of problems. Access to pre-school education is still far from universal. Migrants’ children as well as rural and poor …

Almost all workers are educated at least to the upper secondary level and vocational education contributes to one of … the most successful transition performances of youth to employment in the OECD. Higher education enjoys an excellent … placements of Swiss universities in international rankings. Participation in continuous education is among the largest in the …

Overall, the education system fares well by international comparison. Slovenia has one of the highest shares of the … population aged 25 to 64 to have completed at least upper secondary education, and ranks high in international educational … of the education system. Low enrolment rates in short vocational education programmes and in certain higher education …

The tertiary education system in Canada performs well in fostering a skilled workforce with generally good labour … needs of the knowledge-based economy rapidly evolve. This should be achieved by encouraging access to higher education for … technical, business and communications skills training with practical industry experience within tertiary education programmes …

. However, labour-market opportunities are heavily determined by initial education, where New Zealand’s system is also … the nature of skills supplied by the education sector and the skills demanded by employers. A greater role for youth …

in education and address significant transport infrastructure gaps. …

policies; ii) education and skills; to ensure adequate skills for accessing good quality jobs; and iii) urban environments …

-quality education, affordable housing, reasonable public transportation and improved urban planning in every municipality to reduce …