Lifelong Learning : Equipping people to stay ahead of technological change
It is easy to say that people need to
keep learning throughout their careers. The practicalities are daunting
WHEN
education fails to keep pace with technology, the result is inequality. Without
the skills to stay useful as innovations arrive, workers suffer—and if enough
of them fall behind, society starts to fall apart. That fundamental insight
seized reformers in the Industrial Revolution, heralding state-funded universal
schooling. Later, automation in factories and offices called forth a surge in
college graduates. The combination of education and innovation, spread over
decades, led to a remarkable flowering of prosperity.
Today
robotics and artificial intelligence call for another education revolution.
This time, however, working lives are so lengthy and so fast-changing that
simply cramming more schooling in at the start is not enough. People must also
be able to acquire new skills throughout their careers.
Regards
Pralhad
Jadhav
Senior
Manager @ Library
Khaitan & Co
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