labour market perspectives are positive compared to most oecd countries unemployment rates are among the lowest across oecd and the proportion of yearolds who are neither employed nor in education or training neet is below average in recent years school leaders have benefited from increasing autonomy and their use of instructional leadership approaches is above the oecd average according to school principals reports in pisa teacher training takes between and years and the teaching workforce is ageing teachers salaries are among the highest across oecd countries