The second of four in a series of webinars. (Speaker View)
Education is still often characterized by rote learning and repetition instead of teaching to reason and focusing on problem-solving skills and real-world issues. Thus, skills have become a severe constraint to growth and employers have highlighted this on various occasions. The question for us today is how can tertiary education systems respond to these challenges and play a stronger role in preparing young people for the labor market? In addition, although women’s enrollment in all levels of education have improved dramatically in Jordan, these gains have not led to improvements in women’s economic participation or agency. Barriers to economic participation seem to start with women’s education and are negatively impacted by low economic incentives. There remains a clear disconnect between the skills and education women acquire, and those demanded by employers, particularly in the private sector.