Slovak Republic Skilling Up the Next Generation : An Analysis of Slovak Republic’s Performance in the Program for International Student Assessment
Facing the prospects of rapid aging and shrinking population over the coming decades, Slovakia needs a highly skilled workforce to help generate the productivity growth that it needs to fuel its continued convergence of living standards with its We...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25518731/slovak-republic-skilling-up-next-generation-analysis-slovak-republic’s-performance-program-international-student-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23330 |
| Summary: | Facing the prospects of rapid aging and
shrinking population over the coming decades, Slovakia needs
a highly skilled workforce to help generate the productivity
growth that it needs to fuel its continued convergence of
living standards with its West European neighbors. Skilling
up the workforce starts with equipping youth with the right
cognitive and socio-emotional foundation skills.
International research has identified three dimensions of
skills that matter for good employment outcomes and economic
growth: cognitive skills, such as literacy, numeracy,
creative and critical thinking or problem-solving;
socio-emotional skills and behavioral traits, such as
conscientiousness, grit or openness to experience; and job-
or occupation-specific technical skills, such as the ability
to work as an engineer. This report focuses on cognitive
skills and examines results for Slovakia from the program
for international student assessment (PISA), which assesses
the mathematics, reading, and science competencies of
15-year-olds. Its findings suggest that Slovakia can do
significantly better in helping students develop cognitive
foundation skills. This note proposes several policy
recommendations, based on an analysis of Slovakia’s PISA
data as well as international evidence, to make Slovakia’s
education system both stronger and more inclusive. |
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