tanya beckett has been to dubai to find out for talking business. and welcome to a special edition of talking business, with me, tanya beckett, here in dubai. i'm at the global education and skills forum, where leaders from the education sector are gathered. some quarter of a billion children worldwide this year will not attend school. we are here to find out what it would take to prepare young people in africa and the middle east for the workplace. but first, let's get some views from students in the region. what are your main concerns in terms of the challenges you might face when you enter into the workforce? if i ever had any future aspirations to live in iran, i wouldn't be able to because i would then have to complete national service, so it really limits what i could do for my origin country, which i'm very passionate about. i'd really like to enter the politics of iran, because there is a lot that needs fixing. i think that in sudan there are certain ideals about the kind of career path everyone should follow, so for example, people who do w