In 2020, the global workforce lost an equivalent of 255 million full-time jobs, an estimated $3.7 trillion in wages and 4.4% of global GDP, a staggering toll on lives and livelihoods. While vaccine rollout has begun and the growth outlook is predicted to improve, an even socio-economic recovery is far from certain.
The choices made by policymakers, business leaders, workers and learners today will shape societies for years to come. At this critical crossroads, leaders must consciously, proactively and urgently lay the foundations of a new social contract, rebuilding our economies so they provide opportunity for all.
In this context, the Forum remains committed to working with the public- and private sectors to provide better skills, jobs and education to 1 billion people by 2030 through initiatives to close the skills gap and prepare for the ongoing technological transformation of the future of work.
EdTech platforms will play a key role in meeting UN development goals on education. But first, we need a global standardized way to measure their impact.
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Debunking stereotypes for women in STEM careers must start through early childhood education with interventions for girls, boys and later opportunities.
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The next 10 years will see 800 million people graduate K-12 and 350 million people leave secondary school. EdTech is shaping their journey more than ever.
Generative AI can democratize personalized education, help students work on more ambitious projects and lift the burden of admin from educators' shoulders.
The learning achievements of 680 million children have never been measured. New tools are expected to plug the data gap in global education systems.
As global challenges intensify, universities must join forces across nations to tackle them; Times Higher Education names those most internationally connected
Teachers and tech will be crucial to developing education in Africa, which could provide one in three entrants to the global workforce within a decade.
Social innovation education draws from different disciplines to create empowered global citizens that can help solve the world’s most pressing problems.
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