Abstract
The increase of precarious forms of work has been examined by scholars extensively, giving rise to an in-depth understanding of the changing nature of work in the 21st century. However, the meaning of workers’ education or education that seeks to advance the social and economic interests of precarious workers and other marginalised communities who are becoming a major segment of the workforce, has not been explored. Based on in-depth interviews, the paper identifies education on wages, women and work, working conditions, labour laws, and practical skills like public speaking, reading and writing as core elements of a curriculum for precarious workers’ education. Given that precarious workers tend not to be organised in formal structures, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and trade unions will have to reach out to precarious workers to make sure that precarious workers and these formalised structures are able to craft educational programmes that can build the confidence of precarious workers so that they can challenge their precariousness.