Vocational training programmes, like South Africa's learnership programme, which combine classroom learning and on-the-job training seem like the type of intervention which can create skills, get young people into jobs quicker, and reduce youth unemployment. This paper uses a longitudinal...

This report is based on the views and experiences of education and business leaders who have been part of the 10-year effort to improve education. It also includes a summary of "A nation at risk," the document which initiated much of the reform effort