Students Need New Skills as Future of Work Depends on Technology

To fit into the future of work, today’s students will need more than just a diploma, experts have said.

They add that the students will also need digital savvy and real-world skills that make them more employable in the future of work context.

As a result, education systems will need to nurture traditional IQ alongside digital literacy and skills, while also equipping learners with the tools they will need to independently innovate, create and collaborate in a global digital economy that will require agile, resilient mindsets.

The reason for this, the experts explain, is that around 50 percent of today’s jobs require some element of digital skills. By 2030, we can expect that figure will jump to 77 percent, with a host of new technologies changing not only the types of jobs, but also the skill sets to succeed in them.

Echoing this is McKinsey’s August 2021 Opportunity Youth report, which notes that the next generation of youth in the MENAP region will be entering a radically changed labour market.

As a result, education systems will need to nurture traditional intelligent quotient (IQ) alongside digital literacy and skills, while also equipping learners with the tools they will need to independently innovate, create and collaborate in a global digital economy that will require agile, resilient mindsets.

During the pandemic, the world witnessed first-hand great collaboration between ministries of education, Microsoft and donors such as UNESCO, UNICEF and Global Partnership for Education, joining together to provide solutions for remote learning. This opened new doors of opportunity.

Adapted from BusinessDay (Chuka Iroko)

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