although educational attainment has increased markedly over the past two decades and there have recently been signs of improving education quality scores on standardised tests for secondary students remain appreciably below the oecd average and opportunities for further education and training for the existing workforce are limited the low skill level of the chilean workforce has become a barrier to faster productivity growth as workers often do not have the capacities to absorb and adapt the technologies needed to catch up with highincome oecd countries at the technological frontier in the area of secondary education higherqualified individuals could be attracted into the teaching profession by reviewing the remuneration system and by defining teacher career paths with attractive opportunities for promotion