Complementing Quality Education with Sustainable Employment for the Future of Work: An Overview

Abstract

This paper is an overview of various interventions that have been done to reach the 4th and 8th Sustainable Development Goals which is Quality Education and Decent Work and Economic Growth. The paper highlights issues experienced within the context of Brunei Darussalam such as unemployment. Based on the overview, the objective of the paper is to explore an overview of various interventions that have been conducted on a global, regional, and local scale to analyze how these interventions have been able to assist in realizing the sustainable development goals. Based on the overview, several critical analyses have been made. At the local level, more focus is emphasized on the implementation as well as the evaluation of higher education programme with reference to one higher education programme. At- Tamayyuz Programme is a work-attachment programme which has been recently upgraded to accommodate more collaboration at local, regional, and global level. The programme is a good example of how conventional higher education programmes can advance towards more global partnerships by exposing students to a variety of skills to meet the needs of future of work.