The author introduces unemployment of youths in Slovenia and throws light on the reasons for this phenomenon. Later on she explains the importance of obtaining a profession and a job. She points out the psycho-social consequences of unemployment with young people and the characteristics of the target group of unemployed younger adults. She quotes the data concerning the young unemployed involved in criminal offences in 1997 and 1998 and tries to find the reasons why educating this target group is not only necessary but indispensable. There is a short presentation ofthe project »5000 Youths« in 1998 and participating of the unemployed in it. The author enumerates the schools which implemented the project and their experiences in educating adults. According to data, the majority of schools do have these experiences. Within the project there was also a modular program for education of teachers. The results of a questionnaire, represented in the article, show the meaning of such education for teachers and their experiences in working with the unemployed.Avtorica v članku razmišlja o pojavu brezposelnosti mladih v Sloveniji in osvetljuje razloge zanjo. V nadaljevanju utemeljuje, zakaj je tako pomembno, da si mladi pridobijo poklic in zaposlitev. Opozarja na psihosocialne posledice brezposelnosti pri mladih in značilnosti, ki zaznamujejo ciljno skupino brezposelnih mlajših odraslih. Navaja podatke o vključenosti mladih brezposelnih v kriminalna dejanja v letih 1997 in 1998 in skuša utemeljiti, zakaj je izobraževanje te ciljne skupine potrebno, celo nujno. Na kratko predstavi tudi projekt »5000 mladih« v letu 1998 in vključevanje brezposelnih v ta projekt. Posebej navaja šole, izvajalke v projektu, in njihove izkušnje z izobraževanjem odraslih. Podatki kažejo, da jih večina na tem področju že ima. V okviru projekta je potekal tudi modularno zasnovan program izpopolnjevanja učiteljev. V članku so predstavljeni rezultati ankete, iz katerih je razvidno, kaj tovrstno izobraževanje pomeni učiteljem in kakšne so njihove izkušnje pri delu z brezposelnimi
