Estimates indicate that by 2030, there will be 1.5 billion school-age children in low- and middle-income countries. If current trends continue, well over half of them — 880 million children — will not be on track to acquire the most basic skills they need to succeed in the workforce.
The estimates in the Scorecard were generated based on a 2019 update of the Education Commission’s original 2016 projections model for the Learning Generation report. Basic skills for the workplace is measured as a minimum level of secondary skills, using existing data and minimum benchmarks of “low” levels of achievement on learning assessments, including those measuring math and science, such as the TIMSS Grade 8 assessment and the PISA assessment or equivalent regional and national assessments.
The global Scorecard was first released in September 2019 during the United Nations General Assembly, showcasing regional-level data for Sub-Saharan Africa; the Middle East and North Africa; Latin America; East Asia and the Pacific; and South Asia. In October 2019, a South Asia edition of the scorecard – showing skills readiness projections for each country in the region – was released in conjunction with the South Asia Youth Skills and Solution Forum held in India. We will continue to release more country-specific data in 2020.
Learn more and download the Scorecard on the Global Business Coalition for Education’s website. >>