Denmark finds a better route to increased employment through improved adult education
Monday, 18 November 2013
Denmark has seen a route to improved employability of the older workers
who lost their jobs or who became unemployed get into adult education.
A new report presented by the Danish Labour Market
Authority and which has gained the backing of the country’s
Ministry of Employment show that it is a good idea to educate
unemployed adults and make them take advantage of apprenticeship
scheme and thus prepare them to take the new jobs emerging in the new
sectors of the economy.
The report shows that there are significant positive employment effects
for adult coming from such unemployment programs. After one year, 70
percent of unemployed who have completed an adult education find
themselves a job.
The report concludes that it is worthwhile, especially for the
unemployed to become an adult apprentice and get an education. Many
unemployed who take such training come out to land a job afterwards.
Employment Minister, Mette Frederiksen believes that it is a good
investment to get an education -both for themselves and for the
society. Mette Frederiksen will take the new knowledge gained from
these successes when she starts to make a major review of employment
policy.
But that does not mean that there will necessarily be more money for the scheme.
“It’s not that we just want to spend more money. We are already
spending lots of money on education right now. We have a good adult
education system today, but there are a few who make use of it when we
look at what the results are,” says Mette Frederiksen, adding: The
money and opportunities are there now. And therefore we urge that
people use the system.”
Scancomark.com Team
