World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) 2021 is celebrated on 15th July every year. It’s objective is to spread awareness about technical, vocational education training, and the development of other skills relevant to both local and global economies. World Youth Skills Day is a United Nations designated event dedicated to the importance of equipping young people around the world with essential skills for employment, work, and entrepreneurship.
The events of the day provide an opportunity for dialogue between young people, firms, employers’ and workers’ organizations, policy makers, technical and vocational education and training institutions, and development partners. The day was marked to achieve the Incheon Declaration: Education 2030, which is a part of Sustainable Development Goal 4 that urges to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” The United Nations on World Youth Skills Day 2021 pays tribute to the resilience and creativity of youth through the crisis. This year also World Youth Skills Day will take place in a challenging context due to COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures that have led to the worldwide closure of technical and vocational training education and training (TVET) institutions, alarming the vitality of skills development.
