[{"bbox": [85, 153, 1145, 338], "category": "Text", "text": "16-74 only possess qualifications from lower secondary education or less. This situation is the result of endemic challenges in the Greenlandic education system, compounded by geographical, cultural and social factors (which are in particular challenging for the mental and emotional wellbeing of young students), resulting in high rates of early leaving as well as massive percentages of drop-out from upper secondary education and training (completion rates at 57% and 49% respectively in 2021) Where valuable years have been lost. The educational system is also affected – especially at pre-school and primary/lower secondary level – by a shortage of qualified teachers and other staff."}, {"bbox": [85, 350, 1145, 591], "category": "Text", "text": "During the last few years (2017-2021) a larger proportion of young people choose to start in gymnasium and the proportion of young people starting technical and VET is stable. In 2021, around 450 people completed VET. Since 2018 there has been a positive trend in the completion rate (2022 excluded). VET often includes traineeships. In 2021 there were approximately 813 students in VET with apprenticeships (out of 1034). The vast majority of these internships are located in the five municipal “capitals” (since 2012, the importance of 5 towns has increased significantly). VET is provided at specialised technical school¹ as well as through apprenticeships. The limited number of apprenticeships available by businesses is putting a limit on young Greenlanders starting VET. In addition, Majoriaq centres run by local authorities help unemployed people with academic and non-academic skill enhancement and labour market access, including helping young people back into the education sector."}, {"bbox": [85, 602, 1145, 813], "category": "Text", "text": "According to an estimate by the Greenland Business Association from 2021, businesses currently have between 600 and 1 000 posts they cannot fill (relative to a workforce of approximately 28.000). The plans by the government to develop the raw materials sector, to attract investment in off-take industries for extended hydropower as well as the projected increase of tourism after the completion of the airport extensions will put additional demands on the labour market, which the GoG is hoping to fulfil as much as possible through the domestic workforce. This will necessitate not only improved output of the education system to have a higher-skilled workforce in the mid- and long-term, but also re- and upskilling to the degree possible of the existing workforce."}, {"bbox": [85, 826, 1145, 935], "category": "Text", "text": "An5nvestent in education thus has a transversal impact and is the foundation of future actions in other sectors. The action is interlinked with the MIP's other priority area on Green Growth in that support to Greenland's economic diversification will give a push to new economic sectors such as renewable energy, environmentally friendly mining and sustainable tourism, which will make staying in education more attractive to Greenland's youth."}, {"bbox": [85, 945, 1145, 1159], "category": "Text", "text": "Greenland's population has a high incidence of socio-psychological issues, manifested in a suicide rate more than seven times the EU average. Youth aged 15 to 24 years have the highest rates across all age groups while young men have the highest rates overall². Important contributors to these issues are the high rate of domestic issues: About half of 15-34-year-olds in Greenland have experienced problems with alcohol in the home, 30-40% have grown up with violence. In 2013 the Greenlandic government published that 62,4% of girls and women over the age of 17 have experienced violence or severe threats of violence once or more during their lives³. The offender was either a present or former partner in 65,2% of the cases 40% of women and girls experienced sexual violence before the age of 18⁴."}, {"bbox": [85, 1183, 1145, 1291], "category": "Text", "text": "While a considerable problem in itself, this negatively impacts learning outcomes and success, and further impedes the efficiency of Greenland's educational sector. A new law on social guidance has set quotas for the number of social workers per school and a strategy for improved coordination in social guidance provision is under development (supported through the ongoing EU budget support programme)."}, {"bbox": [85, 1352, 1145, 1451], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹ Namely Niuernermik Ilinniarfik Greenland Business School in Nuuk; The Greenland Maritime Centre in Paamiut and Nuuk; Campus Kujalleq in Qaqortoq (specialised in tourism); INUILI Food College Greenland in Narsaq; KTI Building & Construction School in Sisimiut; KTI Iron & Metal School in Nuuk; Perorsaanermik Ilinniarfik Social Educational College in Ilulissat; Peqqissaanermik Ilinniarfik Centre for Health Science in Nuuk."}, {"bbox": [85, 1450, 1080, 1500], "category": "Footnote", "text": "² Seidler, I.K., Tolstrup, J.S., Bjerregaard, P. et al. Time trends and geographical patterns in suicide among Greenland Inuit. BMC Psychiatry 23, 187 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-04675-2"}, {"bbox": [85, 1498, 1145, 1547], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ KJÆRGAARD, S.F. (2023). *Examining Gender Equality in Greenland in the Last Thirty Years: An Investigation through the Lens of the CEDAW Convention's Examinations*. Siberica Vol. 22, No. 1, Spring 2023: 82–108"}, {"bbox": [85, 1546, 1145, 1621], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴ Ottendahl, C. B., Bjerregaard, P., Svarta, D. L., Sørensen, I., Olesen, I., Nielsen, M. S., & Larsen, C. V. L. (2021). Mental sundhed og helbred blandt 15-34 årige i Grønland: Betydningen af opvækstvilkår, beskyttende faktorer og risikofaktorer. (2021 udg.) Syddansk Universitet. Statens Institut for Folkesundhed."}, {"bbox": [1037, 1681, 1145, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 5 of 32"}]