Education and training for decent work : addressing the access and equity concerns

The debates on globalization also embrace the issues concerning education and training. These discussions focus on the challenges of globalization and how education and training can assist in harnessing the benefits of globalization and promote employment. Although equity concerns in education and training may appear to be lost in the din of market-economics, these need to be kept in focus to ensure provision of decent work and its attendant benefits to the society. This chapter looks at the some of the dilemmas which such a situation gives rise to.