Tag: digital skills
The new ABC of tomorrow: Digital literacy as foundational as reading and arithmetic – Times of India
Until recently, reading, writing, and arithmetic were considered the essential cornerstones of early education. But in today’s interconnected world, digital skills must be added as the fourth foundational pillar. The OECD’s 2024 Education Outlook notes that children without digital skills are just as disadvantaged as those who can’t read. A UNESCO-GEM report (2023) stresses that digital literacy is not merely vocational—it is essential to democratic participation, job access, and cognitive development.In India, the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 makes this linkage explicit, stating that “digital literacy is as important as literacy and numeracy” for 21st-century learning. This redefinition has far-reaching ... Read more
India's education, skill ecosystem fully equipped to make youth future-ready: Dharmendra Pradhan – Times of India
GANDHINAGAR: Most of the jobs in coming years will lie in the domain of new technologies and India’s education and skill ecosystems are fully oriented to make the country’s youth future-ready to dominate the world of jobs, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan said here on Thursday. India is set to lead the world in terms of the working age population in the next 25-30 years and the eyes of the entire world are set on the Indian youth, said the Union minister of education, skill development and entrepreneurship while addressing a seminar at the 10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, which was ... Read more