This article by Dr habil. Éva Farkas offers a landmark, evidence-based assessment of Hungarian adult learning policy. PIAAC 2022/2023 results show that large groups of adults do not reach minimum levels of core information-processing skills, with direct consequences for employability, productivity and innovation capacity. The paper also provides a foundation for a reform-oriented agenda, highlighting target-group-specific adult learning programmes, modernised teacher education and a comprehensive, research-based national skills strategy.
OECD
PIAAC demands action: basic skills to tackle inequalities
This post explores the implications of the PIAAC findings, highlights European responses, and calls for translating evidence into practice.
MOOCs and micro-credentials for training adult learners
The MOOCs (open online courses) of the EBSN Professional Development Series are designed to prepare and innovatively develop the competences of professionals who teach adults or develop adult basic skills.
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.




