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"We live in a time of major transitions that affect the way we live, study and work. Dividing lines between groups in society are widening. This is also visible in education. This development affects not only the here and now, but also future generations"- argued Putters during his Kohnstamm lecture, which was delivered on the 24th of March.
You can read the highlights from the lecture below.
How do we ensure that (young) people have time and space to discover talents before and during their careers? And how does this relate to making shortage professions attractive? Learning and developing can sometimes feel like top sport. How do we turn this into a team effort, in which, in addition to talent development, valuing everyone's talent is central?
We all feel the urgency to do something about the unequal opportunities in education and the labour market. Yet we are still not succeeding enough in turning that unrest into action. In his Kohnstamm lecture, Kim Putters addressed the question of how education, employers and workers themselves can take bold steps. He took the audience along in his observations and made a plea for a reconsideration of working and learning in the future. Accelerating and embracing change is now necessary for this, he claimed.
