For display and readability reasons, the bars might be slightly offset from the official boundaries of the continent. The countries considered for each continent remain the same as in the official World Bank delimitation. North America Latin America& the Caribbean The Middle East& North Africa Personal values and virtues Environmental protection Social causes Social sciences Educational system Practical life skills Knowledge and skills in general Cognitive and problem-solving skills Adaptative and organizational skills Interpersonal and teamwork skills Business and management sciences Emotional and behavioral skills 23 % 16% 17 % 12 % 11 % 25 % 9 % 12 % 8 % 7 % 34 % 11 % 12 % 10 % 8 % To build this desired future, what we must all learn… at school is… North America Personal values and virtues Social sciences Environ-mental protection Practical life skills Cognitive and problem-solving skills 23 % 16% 17 % 12 % 11 % In North America, almost a quarter of respondents mention the theme of personal values and virtues. Environmental protection comes in joint second position with social sciences (16%). History and geography are among the topics most sought after by young North Americans. The Middle East & North Africa Personal values and virtues Practical life skills Interper-sonal and teamwork skills Knowledge and skills in general Educational system 25 % 9 % 12 % 8 % 7 % In the Middle East and North Africa, the main themes raised are personal values and virtues (25%), interpersonal and teamwork skills (11%), and practical life skills (8%). Running counter to the global trend, environmental protection is mentioned by only 5% of participants. The region’s young people focus on the educational system, in particular pedagogy and teaching methods. Latin America & the Caribbean Young people from Latin America give similar answers to those seen internationally: personal values and virtues (33%), environmental protection (11%), and interpersonal and teamwork skills (7%). However, there is a greater focus on business and management science, and more specifically finance and economics. Furthermore, 6% of respondents from this region want to acquire skills that are useful in everyday life—in other words, practical life skills. Personal va-lues and vir-tues Interper-sonal and teamwork skills Environ-mental protection Businessand mana-gement sciences Practical life skills 34 % 11 % 12 % 10 % 8 % Europe & Central Asia Personalvalues andvirtues Practical life skills Environ-mental protection Interper-sonal and teamwork skills Social causes 30 % 14 % 27 % 12 % 10 % Almost 30% of participants from Europe and Central Asia are interested in learning personal values and virtues. This theme is followed by environmental protection, then practical life skills. Social causes are in fifth position, mentioned by 10% of participants, highlighting a desire for teaching that covers values such as equality, human rights, and fairness. Finally, the humanities are also well represented, mentioned by 8% of participants. Sub-Saharan Africa Young people from Sub-Saharan Africa identify the transmission of knowledge—knowledge and skills in general—as one of the main elements that should be taught in schools, placing it second (10%) behind personal values and virtues. The environment and interpersonal and teamwork skills are mentioned by 9% of respondents. Driven by ideas regarding pedagogy and teaching methods, the educational system alsofeatures significantly (8%). Personal values and virtues Environ-mental protection Knowledge and skills in general Interper-sonal and teamwork skills Educational system 19 % 10 % 11 % 9 % 9 % South Asia Young people from South Asia favor personal values and virtues (18%) and knowledge and skills in general (12%). They express a particular desire to master adaptive and organizational skills (10%), with the notion of discipline topping their priorities and accounting for 80% of responses in this category. In fourth position is environmental protection (9%), followed by emotional and behavioral skills, with a specific focus on behavior and manners. Personal values and virtues Adaptative and orga-nizational skills Knowledge and skills in general Environ-mental protection Emotional and behavioral skills 19 % 11 % 13 % 10 % 9% East Asia & the Pacific More than a quarter of participants from East Asia and the Pacific state that above all, schools should teach knowledge and skills in general. Next comes personal values and virtues, with interpersonal and teamwork skills in third place. Compared to the worldwide trend, the environment features less prominently (8%). Knowledge and skills in general Interpersonal and teamwork skills Personal values and virtues Environ-mental protection Emotional and behavioral skills 28 % 9 % 13 % 8 % 8 %