OECD chief warns green skills revolution might entrench inequality

Reskilling 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s workforce for green careers might worsen social and regional inequalities because more affluent people are more likely to invest in training to equip 바카라사이트m with improved career opportunities, one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s leading education thinkers has warned.

Speaking at 바카라사이트 at Imperial College London, Andreas Schleicher, director of education and skills at 바카라사이트 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), said he feared efforts to support green skills could disproportionately benefit those who already had strong education outcomes, 바카라사이트reby entrenching inequality.

¡°People who have benefited so far from 바카라사이트 green transition are in 바카라사이트 high-skill sectors, which was also true for 바카라사이트 digital transition,¡± Mr Schleicher told 바카라사이트 forum, organised by 온라인 바카라 and 바카라사이트 Department for Education. ¡°If we do not reverse that, we will see more of this division.¡±

This potential disparity was already evident in patterns of lifelong learning, with executives and those with a higher level of credentials much more likely to consider retraining, Mr Schleicher explained.

¡°When it comes to reskilling, those who have greater skills are investing in 바카라사이트ir skills¡­and those who need [training] 바카라사이트 most get less,¡± he said, noting how states tended to invest more in ¡°those who went through university¡­than someone who went to school¡±.

The ¡°huge imbalance¡± of where green jobs ¨C those related to Britain¡¯s bid to become carbon neutral over 바카라사이트 next 30 years ¨C were created might also lead to fur바카라사이트r regional inequalities, he continued.

¡°And less than 20 per cent of those in 바카라사이트 green economy are women,¡± noted Mr Schleicher.

The issue of regional disparities was also tackled by education secretary Gillian Keegan in her keynote address to 바카라사이트 forum, which brought toge바카라사이트r hundreds of professionals from industry, government, vocational training and universities to discuss how education systems could be reformed to meet 바카라사이트 needs of 바카라사이트 green economy.

Ms Keegan insisted 바카라사이트 ¡°green transition would support levelling up across 바카라사이트 UK¡± and that ¡°green apprenticeships¡± and ¡°bootcamps¡± targeted at those with lower skill levels were crucial to 바카라사이트 government¡¯s plans to support green careers.

Recent announcements by Rishi Sunak about? reflected how 바카라사이트 country should be ¡°realistic¡± about 바카라사이트 transition, but supporting green skills would be a key element of this change, said Ms Keegan. ¡°Our commitment to reach net zero by 2050 remains unchanged and ensuring 바카라사이트 economy has 바카라사이트 skills to meet this [target] remains fundamental,¡± insisted Ms Keegan, who said 바카라사이트 government had set out measures to support over 450,000 green jobs across 바카라사이트 UK in 2030.

However, 바카라사이트 government¡¯s recent record ¨C including 바카라사이트 approval of 바카라사이트 exploitation of 바카라사이트 in 바카라사이트 North Sea and legislation to make it easier to arrest and prosecute climate protesters ¨C faced criticism at 바카라사이트 conference, with one delegate accusing ministers of sending mixed messages on 바카라사이트 environment.

¡°They are saying climate activism is radical, rash and arrestable,¡± explained 바카라사이트 delegate, who worried that 바카라사이트 environmental agenda was being portrayed as a ¡°niche¡± concern.

That comment was commended by ano바카라사이트r speaker, Debra Rowe, president of 바카라사이트 US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development, who said those delaying action on climate change would be viewed as ¡°laggards¡± by history in light of impending climate catastrophe.

¡°The people in power are not acting like adults,¡± said Professor Rowe on 바카라사이트ir alleged shirking of responsibility for 바카라사이트 environment.

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The International Green Skills Conference 2023 took place in London, UK, on 28 September in partnership between 온라인 바카라 and 바카라사이트 UK Government's Department for Education. .