I giovani tra scuola e lavoro: scarse opportunità e difficili scelte

Abstract

In almost all developed and developing countries already for a consistent period of time young generations have been invited (in a way compelled) to attend long educational tracks. The reasons being related to the growing needs of higher skill in the economy as well as to the aspiration/promises to improve the individual social condition via educational credentials. The participation to the system of education has been encouraged also to make acceptable the social stratification through the recognition of different intellectual qualities among students. The mass drive toward higher education has created a growing mismatch between the number of higher education degree owners and the professional positions available in the labour market. The so called “over-education” consequently is growing and will become unbearable if no measures of transformation will be introduced in all nation states. Under these circumstances, the purposes of education should be revised and new meanings, more related to the civic culture, should be given particularly to the participation at higher education courses. To make this change meaningful content and structure of courses should be revised and the new social competences acquired through higher education should be recognised and made use of by society.