But it is precisely these skills that will be in greater demand as factual information becomes more readily accessible on devices and low-skill tasks are increasingly performed by machines. Future employees will require more than basic skills such as literacy and numeracy. They will need to be able to think,solve problems,create new solutions,draw on deep understandings – in short,to do what machines cannot – or risk long-term unemployment. This is a massive challenge for education systems because it means every student will need levels of knowledge and skill currently achieved by only some.
[Future employees] will need to be able to think,solve problems,create new solutions,draw on deep understandings – in short,to do what machines cannot – or risk long-term unemployment.