Under its remit to investigate the relationship between education and employment, Céreq is involved in the process of designing vocational qualifications and is therefore both actor in and observer of the institutional system put in place to manage the offer of public and private certifications. It is an actor through its participation in the consultative bodies that make up this system, supporting the dialogue between the stakeholders with the results of the various types of studies conducted within the establishment. From this position, Céreq is able to observe how the social compromise on the levels of qualification required to carry out the various types of jobs, as well as the desirable degree of matching between training and jobs, is negotiated over time. In a changing context, the question of the regulation of this certification policy and the roles of the various stakeholders is at the heart of Céreq’s deliberations.
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People must master reading, writing and arithmetic (the three "Rs", as they are known) before they can join the working world and make careers for themselves. Although the main players at firms are perfectly aware of this need, very few attempts have been made so far to give people an opportunity of re-learning these basic skills, probably because of the many problems involved. How can one…