Youth Perspectives

Classroom to workplace: what young people need to succeed

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Many young people are leaving school without the necessary skills to progress into the workplace. Image: REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Sarah Brown
Executive Chair, The Global Business Coalition for Education, United Kingdom
Henrietta H. Fore
Director Emeritus, Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP)
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