Equipping Students For the Future

Education is a key factor for success. According to the recent surveys of private sector companies, students are not adequately prepared for the workforce both in terms of hard and soft skills.  The professors at the college entry level assume that the students are tech savvy, capable of multitasking, comfortable with using technology in classrooms however the students are easily distracted. The students need to be taught how to validate, synthesize and document information which are the basics to be taught in school before students graduate.  

Many educators tend to blame the students if they don’t learn well. Perhaps it is about time that we change the way we teach. In this day and age for learning to be meaningful, it has to be active and interactive. On June 30^th 2016 , World Economic Forum published the ten key skills people will need to enter the workforce by 2020 are –

Cognitive Flexibility

Negotiation

Service Orientation

Judgement and Decision Making

Emotional Intelligence

Coordinating with others

People Management

Creativity

Critical Thinking

Complex problem solving

The key challenges are how schools are going to develop the curriculum embedding the above mentioned skills ensuring the students are armed with right knowledge and appropriate skills. Above all how proficiently the teachers will be able to strategize their instructional design to meet the demands of the 21^st century?
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