Stay-in-school programs, flexible programs, special programs for "stop outs" are limited. They require better coordination and widespread support by all labour market partners.

Governments often have difficulty supporting adult continuing education and training programs that prove effective but are costly. All labour market partners should reexamine the requirements for lifelong learning. Lifelong education "credit cards" are being issued in England in a pilot study to ensure opportunities for learning in the future.

Entry-level jobs

Although the values learned in school transfer into the job market, students often do not understand the relation between school and their future work. Employers, unions, and those in the education-training system should articulate their needs more clearly to improve the transition from school to work. Cooperative education has been demonstrated to encourage this process.

Unemployment for long periods often makes potential workers ineligible for programs that would teach them some of the skills they need.

Labour adjustment education

The purpose of education is often presented as two pronged: to enrich the individual (with knowledge) and to train people for work. Business, labour, and those involved in education and training must develop closer partnerships to ensure that both are accomplished and that we have a well-trained, informed, well-rounded society.

Computer literacy must be expanded along with basic literacy and numeracy as components of education. Often classroom size makes it difficult to ensure high skill levels in these areas.

As a society, we often label training as something for those who are less than adequate, rather than seeing training as part of our culture. Governments, local boards, business, labour, and those in the education-training system must work together if we are to cope with the changes of the future.