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The Paradox of Vocational Education

Why is academic education triumphant in a skills-hungry labour market?
Why is academic education triumphant in a skills-hungry labour market?
Wednesday 7 December 2022 | 1 hour 18 minutes 46 seconds

Governments around the world are increasingly preoccupied with the financial 'returns' to education; and yet are overseeing the destruction of long-established and once-effective vocational education systems. Why is this? And is it inevitable?