That’s the title of an excellent article (dated 28 May 2015) by Victoria Tuomisto, editor at The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The article is based on a study conducted by EIU on behalf of Google for Education, and its key findings were discussed during Google’s Education On Air online conference earlier in May 2015.
Essentially, says Ms Tuomisto in her article, “With rapidly evolving business needs, technological advances and new work structures, the skills that will be needed in the future are shifting. In response to these changes, policymakers, educators and experts around the world are rethinking their education systems.
But it seems that education systems have not yet responded to this demand; only a third of executives say they’re satisfied with the level of attainment of young people entering the workplace. Even more striking is that 51% of executives say a skills gap is hampering their organisation’s performance. Students and educators paint a similar picture. ”
That’s Google for Education’s focus and contention as well.
The full report of the EIU research, titled Driving the skills agenda, can be accessed here.
Read our blog post on Education On Air here. Read our blog post on education-skills disconnect here.
[Citation: How do we prepare the students of today to be tomorrow’s digital leaders?, Victoria Tuomisto, EIU.]
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