{"id":5015,"date":"2021-09-30T18:10:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reci-education.ch\/?post_type=events&p=5015"},"modified":"2022-09-20T10:17:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:17:51","slug":"event-highlights-30-september-2021-launch-and-online-discussion-of-the-study-the-education-training-decent-work-continuum","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/reci-education.ch\/en\/event\/event-highlights-30-september-2021-launch-and-online-discussion-of-the-study-the-education-training-decent-work-continuum\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Highlights: Launch and online discussion of the study \u201cThe Education \u2013 Training \u2013 Decent Work Continuum\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 30 September 2021, RECI and\u00a0NORRAG<\/a>\u00a0hosted the launch and online discussion of the study\u00a0\u201cThe Education \u2013 Training \u2013 Decent Work Continuum\u201d<\/a>\u00a0The study examines the Continuum approach to tackle discontinuities between the education, training, and work fields through a selection of different projects by RECI members. The Continuum approach proposed in the study aims to overcome these discontinuities by enabling learners to move between education, training, and work at any point in their lives and in any order. The inequalities and exclusions resulting from discontinuities in learning and work biographies can be observed in all countries.<\/p>\n

Michel Carton, Senior Advisor at NORRAG and Professor Emeritus, Graduate Institute, Geneva, opened the event by discussing the development of our profession of education, training, and the workplace. He described three short case studies, as well as the theory behind the idea of the continuum: \u201ca continuum is a set of elements that are inseparable, change is gradual without any clear division.\u201d<\/p>\n

The case studies included in Benin in the 1980s, primary schools contained workshops with local craftsmen who taught the basics of woodworking in order to establish an income. The objective was to promote labour market integration; in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Prof Carton described the provisions of literacy training in order to improve quality of work and allow people to be more mobile; finally in Benin, the third case study described training for people in active everyday life, including parents, civil servants and children.<\/p>\n

Learning, Training, and Work are the three words that continue to interact but gradually become compartmentalized and less inclusive. Michel Carton discussed the need for the movement between learning, training, and work to be facilitated in order to prevent inequalities and exclusions. The difficulty in moving within the continuum had created entry barriers for those who lack entry requirements, and it is often difficult to catch up if someone lags behind.<\/p>\n

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