OECD to run rule over Ireland's skills strategy plan

Examination project will help to provide people with the necessary skills to ensure society keeps up with the pace of change

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris said "the pandemic has accelerated changes to the way we live and work".

The OECD is to examine and review Ireland’s future skills strategy plan to judge how well-equipped the country is to meet its needs and deal with the current skills shortage.

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris is in Paris to launch the examination project around Ireland’s National Skills Strategy 2016-2025 with OECD secretary-general Mathias Cormann.