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Kaki, Rodrigue S.; Gbedomon, Rodrigue C.; Thoto, Fréjus S.; Houessou, Donald M.; Gandji, Kisito; Aoudji, Augustin K. N. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2022
This study investigates skills mismatch in the agricultural labour market. Therefore, 336 agriculture employers and 654 agriculture employees were surveyed in Benin. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and non-parametric tests . The findings showed that even though there is a good educational match for most employees, overeducation is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Agricultural Occupations, Employee Attitudes
Hirsch, Barton J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
Educating high school students for both college and career is difficult. Teaching trade skills seems alien to the academic culture. But new research indicates that soft skills are quite important to judgments of employability and that youth learn many soft skills in traditional academic subjects (e.g., literature). A focus on soft skills allows…
Descriptors: High School Students, African American Students, Job Skills, Job Training