Bad Students Today, Unemployed Tomorrow?

Under the dual influence of technological transition and globalisation, the labour market is faced with profound changes: the polarisation of work between highly skilled jobs and less skilled services; international competition around robotization and artificial intelligence; the creation of new forms of employment and new needs that are difficult to anticipate. These issues are at the heart of the scientific and media thinking, fuelling the anxiety of more and more people about the future of their work or that of their children. The growing tension in the labour market is all the riskier as it seems to be poised to exclude those who do not pursue high school or to confine them to precarious, low-paying jobs.

Are we moving towards a two-tier labour market? What is the scale, speed and sector of this transformation? What kinds of skills are at risk and which ones will be the key to success tomorrow? How can we give a second chance to those who have not succeeded in their initial training? How can alternative training models be developed and promoted for young people at risk of dropping out so that they do not fall through the cracks of the education system?