ABSTRACT
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is the digital revolution, and it is disrupting almost every industry around the world. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and the Internet of Things are the new frontiers of the future. Sixty-five percent of children entering primary school will find themselves in occupations which today do not yet exist. To prepare the talent needed for the digital economy, education must adapt as fast as the demand for IT skills is growing and evolving. The traditional education pathway is not working anymore. The new fluencies include creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, complex communication, and social and emotional intelligence. Policymakers, educators, parents, businesses, researchers, technology developers, investors, and NGOs can ensure that social and emotional skills become a shared goal of education systems everywhere. The emerging technologies, including VR and AR, must be the foundation of the educational reform. AR and VR will become new engaging and exciting means aimed at storytelling, improving shopping experiences, engaging stakeholders, and widening opportunities never seen before even for small- and medium-sized companies.
Key finding: 65% of children entering primary school will do jobs not yet invented. Education must teach creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, social-emotional intelligence.
