{"id":6501,"date":"2025-01-27T21:43:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T21:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/?p=6501"},"modified":"2025-01-27T21:43:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T21:43:40","slug":"new-piaac-results-highlight-challenges-for-adult-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/2025\/01\/new-piaac-results-highlight-challenges-for-adult-education\/","title":{"rendered":"New PIAAC Results Highlight Challenges for Adult Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest findings from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oecd.org\/en\/publications\/do-adults-have-the-skills-they-need-to-thrive-in-a-changing-world_b263dc5d-en.html?nocache=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)<\/a> reveal troubling trends, including declining literacy levels and widening inequalities in many countries. These results highlight significant disparities in access to education and opportunities for skill development among adults, with vulnerable populations disproportionately affected.<\/p><p>For ICAE, the results underscore the critical role of adult learning and education (ALE) in addressing these challenges. By promoting lifelong learning as a human right, ALE can help bridge skill gaps, reduce inequalities, and foster social inclusion. The data also emphasizes the importance of resilient education systems that can adapt to the needs of diverse learners in a rapidly changing world.<\/p><p>PIAAC\u2019s findings serve as a powerful reminder of the ongoing need to strengthen adult education systems globally to support individuals and societies in achieving their full potential.<br><br><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/731aeaa034be063208d9bb5a6\/images\/f9a12a52-d7ab-bcb2-751a-717a3fec074e.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest findings from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) reveal troubling trends, including declining literacy levels and widening inequalities in many countries. These results highlight significant disparities in access to education and opportunities for skill development among adults, with vulnerable populations disproportionately affected. For ICAE, the results underscore the critical &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"New PIAAC Results Highlight Challenges for Adult Education\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/2025\/01\/new-piaac-results-highlight-challenges-for-adult-education\/#more-6501\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New PIAAC Results Highlight Challenges for Adult Education<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","lalita-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OECD-thumbnail@2x.png","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/6501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/6501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6503,"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/6501\/revisions\/6503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}