The OECD published the Education Policy Outlook 2022 “Transforming Pathways for Lifelong Learners”. Building on the OECD Education Policy Response and Resilience Framework, as well as on the analysis of international policies and practices in more than 40 education systems, conducted mainly since 2020, this report presents three areas of policy effort to advance the transformation in 2023.
1. Making learning pathways more relevant:
- Education systems need to strengthen their ability to anticipate skills, starting with short-term forecasts
- Proactive and reactive adaptations of education and training opportunities should ultimately aim to enable learners to cope with broader changes.
- Assessing the impact of policy efforts to improve learning pathways needs to become more systematised for greater future resilience
2. Facilitating transitions along learners’ personal pathways:
- Stronger links in learners’ personal pathways throughout their lives can make them more resilient
- Countries need to continue supporting learners at higher risk of early school leaving
- Supporting refugees to re-enter education or employment pathways is time-sensitive
3. Promoting learners’ aspirations:
- Information strategies can help involve targeted learners in education, training or work opportunities
- Learners’ perspectives need to be enriched and expanded from an early age
- Learners need agency and co-agency to identify and seize opportunities