PIAAC 2024: Declining Skills, Growing Challenges?
The latest OECD PIAAC survey reveals that adult literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving skills are declining worldwide, including in Hungary. While Finland, Norway, and Denmark have improved their results, Hungary has seen a dramatic rise in the proportion of adults with low literacy and numeracy skills. How can we reverse this trend? Read our full analysis and Dr. Éva Farkas’s latest report!
digital skills
New perspectives on continuous training in the context of the twin (digital and green) transition
The Upskilling Pathways Recommendation (2016) highlights that around 58 million adults with low basic skills in the EU need support.
Flexibility and meta-skills – OECD Skills Outlook
The OECD report indicates that the digital and green transition necessitates adaptability. It thus follows that the concept of adult learning must also be subject to adaptation in order to align with the aforementioned transformations and the requirements of the economy. This post presents a summary of the report’s key findings, with the full report also available for reference.
Professionalising adult basic skills teachers
An article written by the Secretary General of the EBSN (European Basic Skills Network) addresses the challenges and implications of training competent basic skills teachers in the post-Covid era.



