Today, that "straight line" has become a complex web. The society keeps on changing at an unbelievable speed since the Industrial Revolution.
The biggest disruptor is Artificial Intelligence (AI). According to reports from the World Economic Forum, AI and automation will displace millions of jobs but also create entirely new roles that we cannot even name yet.
This makes it nearly impossible to predict what the market will look like in 30 years, when today’s primary school students will be graduating. If we think back to the past, professions like "knocker-uppers" (human alarm clocks) or "lamplighters" vanished with technology. In the next decade, many administrative, manual, and even creative jobs might follow the same path.
The way schools respond to this varies globally:
Some models are traditionally focused on a deep, theoretical, and humanistic foundation. While this provides great culture, it can sometimes be too rigid for a market that demands immediate practical adaptation.
In some other countries the university system often encourages more flexibility. There is a stronger emphasis on "transferable skills" like problem-solving and communication that can be moved from one industry to another.
The concept of a "job for life" is dead. In its place, we find fluidity.
What should schools do? The goal of education can no longer be just the transmission of static knowledge that might be obsolete by the time the diploma is printed. Instead, schools must teach how to learn.
This is the heart of the concept called “Lifelong Learning” : it is the idea that education doesn't end at 18 or 25, but continues throughout one's entire career.
We must have faith in a modernizing education system. The school of the future shouldn't just prepare us for a specific job, but for the uncertainty of the world itself.
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