Expanding Opportunities and Building Competencies for Young People
Subtitle: A New Agenda for Secondary Education (Directions in Development) (Directions in Development)
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: June 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780821361702
Subjects: Secondary schools; Teaching skills & techniques; Secondary; Education, Secondary; Economic aspects; Education; Education / Teaching; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Latin America; Educational Policy & Reform; Aims & Objectives; Development - Business Development; Elementary; Competency based education; Educational change
First sentence: One of the main challenges countries around the world face is to equip their young people to become active citizens, to find employment in constantly changing workplace environments, and to cope with and respond to change throughout their lives.