With the global youth unemployment rate at 12.6 per cent and projected to rise further, the need to connect education to labour market demands is crucial. Given this context, it is only natural that growing attention has been focused on supporting skills development strategies for youth, specifically around the school-to-work transition. Indeed, the gains made towards achieving universal primary education mean that more youth today are entering the labour market having completed some level of secondary education,so making it especially important to enhance the relevance and quality of instruction at that level.This paper explores strategies to support youth employability and the school-to-work transition. Brief examples are also used to illustrate how programmes in different regions are working to tackle these issues.
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