Question: The World Youth Skills Day is celebrated on-
(a) 16 July
(b) 14 July
(c) 18 July
(d) 15 July
Ans:(d)
Related facts:
- On 15 July 2016 the World Youth Skills Day was celebrated across the world.
- United Nations is observing 15 July 2016 as the World Youth Skills Day with a special event on the theme of “Skills Development to Improve Youth Employment.”
- Understanding what works to support young people in today’s and tomorrow’s labour market through training and skills development will be key to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda, and will be at the center of this high-level event.
- Surveys of learning outcomes and skills show that a large number of youth have low levels of achievement in basic literacy and numeracy.
- Skills and jobs for youth feature prominently in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and Sustainable Development(SDG) target 4.
- Target-4 calls for a substantial increase in the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills.
Reference:
http://www.un.org/en/events/youthskillsday/
http://www.un.org/en/events/youthskillsday/sgmessage.shtml
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/21252030%20Agenda%20for%20Sustainable%20Development%20web.pdf