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By 2030, more than half of 12th-passed Indians will lack the skills to get jobs: Unicef #youngindia2030

South Asia is at a critical juncture right now. Every day, a sports stadium worth of youngsters join the workforce, but half of them don’t have the skills to handle 21st-century jobs. A recent press release by the Unicef lists the population percentage in each South Asian country who are on track to complete secondary education and also reach their learning benchmarks by 2030. Sadly, only 47% of the young students in India will get the right skills at the right time.
As per data produced by the Global Business Coalition for Education (GBC-Education), the Education Commission, and UNICEF, India loses out to only Maldives (46%), Nepal (46%) and Pakistan (40%) who are projected to see even fewer young students reach the right level of learning and skills to tackle the jobs of 2030.
With the best projection among South Asian countries, Bhutan is set to see 81% of its students reach the learning outcomes by 2030.

Special edition of GBC-Education’s 2030 Skills Scorecard

Here are the projections of school-age children on track to complete secondary education and also reach the learning benchmarks in South Asian countries.
These estimates were generated based on a 2019 update of the Education Commission's original 2016 projections model for the Learning Generation report.
Most recent national learning assessment data used for each country as follows: BCSE 2015 for Bhutan, GCE O Levels 2016 for Sri Lanka, LASI 2015 for Bangladesh, NAT 2016 for Pakistan, NCERT 2017 for India, Nepali country assessment 2017 for Nepal, O Level Exam 2016 for Maldives
Source : https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/by-2030-more-than-half-of-class-12-passed-indians-will-lack-the-skills-to-get-jobs-unicef-1617388-2019-11-09
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