In a globalised world, US workers are competing with people from India and China for jobs, President Barack Obama said on Monday as he stressed on the need of furthering education past high school to prepare young Americans for such challenges. Obama said when he took office almost eight years ago, he knew that the education system was falling short when it came to preparing young people for that reality. "We were behind other developed countries when it came to the number of young people who were getting a higher education. So I said when I first came in office, by 2020, I want us to be number one again. Because of the steps being taken by him, Obama said the good news is, real progress has been made.

Source: dna October 17, 2016 19:07 UTC