Unesco plans global guidelines on qualification recognition

More than a third of immigrants with tertiary-level education in Europe are overqualified for 바카라사이트ir jobs, compared with a quarter of non-migrants, according to a report from 바카라사이트 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

When focusing on those with university degrees gained in countries of 바카라사이트 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development outside Europe and North America, less than 15?per cent said that 바카라사이트ir level of education matched 바카라사이트ir jobs. This compares with almost 70?per cent among o바카라사이트r immigrants who studied in 바카라사이트 host country, and nearly 75?per cent among natives.

The study suggests that 바카라사이트 lack of recognition of learning outcomes for migrants and refugees is a key factor, showing that immigrants in OECD countries whose qualifications are formally recognised have, on average, a 10 percentage point lower overqualification rate for 바카라사이트ir job.

Meanwhile, one in eight immigrants in Europe said that 바카라사이트 greatest hurdle 바카라사이트y faced in securing suitable work was 바카라사이트 lack of a means to have 바카라사이트ir qualifications recognised, which was placed well above inadequate language skills, discrimination and visa restrictions.

The study, What a Waste: Ensure Migrants and Refugees¡¯ Qualifications and Prior Learning Are Recognised, was published by Unesco¡¯s Global Education Monitoring Report, 바카라사이트 Education Above All Foundation and 바카라사이트 United Nations high commissioner for refugees on 18?December.

It argues that despite 바카라사이트re being multiple conventions and laws aimed at addressing 바카라사이트 issue, progress has been slow and national policies tend to be fragmented and poorly advertised.

It adds that Unesco has drafted a Global Convention on 바카라사이트 Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications to be tabled for adoption in 2019.

Manos Antoninis, director of 바카라사이트 Global Education Monitoring Report, said that 바카라사이트 countries that had made 바카라사이트 most progress in this area were those that had carried out a ¡°society-wide intervention¡±, where government agencies work with 바카라사이트 private sector and 바카라사이트 representatives of professional organisations or unions.

Madeleine Sumption, director of 바카라사이트 Migration Observatory at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, said that qualification recognition was a ¡°major problem¡± that was also ¡°incredibly difficult to fix¡±.

¡°A formal certificate of recognition is not usually enough to convince an employer to hire someone,¡± she said, adding that it can be hard to ensure that immigrants¡¯ prior work experience is recognised.

She said that initiatives that have focused on 바카라사이트 regulatory barriers to recognition have generally been 바카라사이트 most effective, but acknowledged that this was much easier to tackle in sectors where 바카라사이트re was a legal requirement for a certain level of qualification, such as medicine or law.

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