Global status in 2025
The UN Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025 finds that 272 million children and youth remain out of school worldwide, and that although completion rates have risen since 2015 — reaching 88, 78 and 60 per cent at primary, lower-secondary and upper-secondary level respectively — progress has decelerated. Minimum proficiency among primary pupils stands at just 58 per cent in reading and 44 per cent in mathematics.
Source: United Nations, The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025.
European and Albanian context
Across Europe, demand is shifting from credentials to demonstrable skills, particularly technical and digital skills. Albania's vocational education system is central to retaining and upgrading talent: where vocational pathways are credible and aligned with real labour-market demand, migration becomes a choice rather than a necessity.
NOVARIC® implementation commitments
- Operate licensed vocational training (licence X.2.B) through the NOVARIC® Academy, aligned to verified employer demand.
- Design curricula against measurable learning outcomes and recognised occupational standards, with progression routes into employment.
- Provide upskilling and reskilling pathways for placed workers, supporting lifelong learning rather than one-off placement.
- Remove financial barriers to participation: candidates are never charged for recruitment-linked training within NOVARIC® programmes.
Key performance indicators
Measured through the Manual's 90-indicator register (browse the full register):
- EDU-01 Academy completion rate
- EDU-04 Training-to-employment conversion
- EDU-07 Learner outcome attainment
- EDU-10 Upskilling participation among placed workers
The NOVARIC® Academy runs demand-led vocational programmes in which curriculum content is set against documented employer requirements, attainment is assessed against published outcome criteria, and completers move directly into quality-gated placements — closing the loop between education and decent work.