Skills Development: Vocational Education
in the Islamic Countries
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Figure 1.1 Global Number of Out-of-School Children, Adolescent and Youth 2000-2016
(Source: UNESCO, 2017a)
Figure 1.2 Summary of Global Number of Out-of-School Children, Adolescent & Youth 2000-
2016
(Source: UNESCO, 2017a)
It is quite obvious that even developed countries cannot provide adequate jobs to all of their
citizens. Through vocational education citizens will be able to initiate their own businesses,
provide goods and services and eventually create new jobs for other citizens.
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Out-of-School in milions
For each year the number for both male and female are added together
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