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learning difficulties

🏛️ Enduring ESCO reuse: cross-sector

The learning disorders some students face in an academic context, especially Specific Learning Difficulties such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, and concentration deficit disorders.

learning difficulties — the learning disorders some students face in an academic context, especially Specific Learning Difficulties such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, and concentration deficit disorders. McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the enduring band (SCI 46.31/100) — a human-connection anchor whose value is projected to hold or grow through 2030. ESCO classifies it as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill within knowledge. It is currently listed by 52 occupations in our catalogue, including agriculture, forestry and fishery vocational teacher, Tutors, auxiliary nursing and midwifery vocational teacher, and nursing lecturer.

Category: knowledge › teacher training without subject specialisation SCI: 46.31/100 Also known as: learning problems, learning complications, learning delays, learning difficulty

Occupations that require learning difficulties

Showing top 20 of 52 occupations · ranked by India employment volume, then AI-durability.

agriculture, forestry and fishery vocational teacher · 🤖 3.4/10
Tutors · 🤖 3.8/10
auxiliary nursing and midwifery vocational teacher · 🤖 4.2/10
nursing lecturer · 🤖 4.3/10
Freinet school teacher · 🤖 4.7/10
ICT teacher secondary school · 🤖 4.7/10
Montessori school teacher · 🤖 4.7/10
Steiner school teacher · 🤖 4.7/10
adult literacy teacher · 🤖 4.7/10
beauty vocational teacher · 🤖 4.7/10
biology teacher secondary school · 🤖 4.7/10
business administration vocational teacher · 🤖 4.7/10
business and marketing vocational teacher · 🤖 4.7/10
business studies and economics teacher secondary school · 🤖 4.7/10
chemistry teacher secondary school · 🤖 4.7/10
classical languages teacher secondary school · 🤖 4.7/10
design and applied arts vocational teacher · 🤖 4.7/10
early years special educational needs teacher · 🤖 4.7/10
early years teacher · 🤖 4.7/10
electricity and energy vocational teacher · 🤖 4.7/10

Frequently asked questions

What is learning difficulties?

The learning disorders some students face in an academic context, especially Specific Learning Difficulties such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, and concentration deficit disorders.

What category of skill is learning difficulties?

ESCO classifies learning difficulties under the knowledge category, specifically in the teacher training without subject specialisation subcategory.

Is learning difficulties an AI-durable skill?

McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the enduring band (SCI 46.31/100) — a human-connection anchor whose value is projected to hold or grow through 2030. This is a durable skill to invest in — high human-connection skills consistently resist automation.

Which jobs require learning difficulties?

In our catalogue, 52 occupations list learning difficulties as a required or important skill. The top occupations by employment volume include agriculture, forestry and fishery vocational teacher, Tutors, auxiliary nursing and midwifery vocational teacher, nursing lecturer, Freinet school teacher, ICT teacher secondary school.

How transferable is learning difficulties between industries?

ESCO tags learning difficulties as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill — a signal of how portable it is when you change field.

Is learning difficulties the same as learning problems?

Yes — learning difficulties is also known as learning problems, learning complications, learning delays, or learning difficulty. They refer to the same underlying capability in the ESCO taxonomy.

How can I learn learning difficulties?

The most reliable path is to pick a job or project that demands learning difficulties and learn through delivery. Complement that with role-specific roadmaps and short courses. Explore the occupations below to see where this skill is used in practice.

Data: ESCO v1.2.1 (CC-BY-4.0). Durability framework informed by McKinsey Global Institute (Nov 2025). See our methodology.