Open AccessAre our Education Systems obsolete?
Author(s) -
Vera El Khoury Lacoeuilhe
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of quality in education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2028-1897
DOI - 10.37870/joqie.v8i11.152
Subject(s) - commission , industrial revolution , political science , business , economic growth , international trade , economics , finance , law
Yes, our Education Systems are obsolete.They have been modeled to meet the requirements of the Industrial Revolution and have not changed much for over 200 years.These Systems are no longer totally fit to provide the kinds of mindsets or skills we needto build the societies of the Connectivity era.In 2015 at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity stated; "Today's generation of young people faces a radically changing world. Up to half of the world's jobs-around 2 billion- is at high risk of disappearing...demand for high-level skills will grow, and many low-and medium-skilled jobs will become obsolete".