An effective infographic by European Schoolnet published by Debating Europe provides a comparison between the ICT skills required to find a job and the ones provided at school.
The ICT skill gap is apparent and it is expected to cause 900,000 unfilled ICT positions by 2020.
ICT2013 has just finished. The event, organized by the European Commission, has presented the state of the art of information and communication technologies in Europe, and anticipated the contents of the Horizon2020 programme. The details of the evnt can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/ict-2013.
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The first OECD Skills Outlook has just been published. It presents the initial results of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), which evaluates the skills of adults in 24 conutries, including Italy. It provides insights into the availability of some of the key skills and how they are used at work and at home. A major component is the direct assessment of key information-processing skills: literacy, numeracy and problem solving in the context of technology-rich environments.
Chapter 5 of the report shows that reading and using ICT at work and in everyday life can significantly coontribute to maintain and develop information-processing skills (i.e., literacy and numeracy proficiency).
