Education Needs to Improve

The speed at which educational institutions have changed in the past has been slow and, in particular, primary and secondary forms of education in the western world are remarkably similar to how they looked a century ago. Arguably the biggest shift might need to come from how we view education – whether it’s about developing people to live in a world that becomes more complex and ambiguous by the second, or helping people to retain information and develop skills. Australia

Education will change only if it becomes an open and well–regulated–sector for improved learning and innovations. Nigeria

Dinosaurs don’t evolve, they die and fossilize. This is what will happen to out-dated educational institutions and methods. Belgium

The educational system will change but a lot slower than industrial systems do.  South Africa

The traditional education is based on the factory model. Put students on a linear K-12 belt. Constantly inspect and test. Grade them every year. Kick them out at the end as graduates. Measure productivity and input funding.  However, there are different models being tried. Some are for the classroom (e.g. Teach from the back of class). Others for a college program (e.g. paid practicums, online). Canada

Education will remain traditional. Which is unfortunate. But the system is too set in its way to change. India

Though there might be new innovations, the traditional players will still be major forces. India

This while it needs major reforms I feel is somewhere not the centre of attention in the larger scheme. People still feel we are doing just fine with the way we were taught & brought up so why change. We will first have to acknowledge our flaws. United Kingdom

The shift toward non-traditional players will be marked, however, this shift will be experimental – could see a return to traditional models. Australia

1) The democratization of education has expanded skills more broadly, but the quality of education and understanding of the why, how, and when – let alone is there yet a better path – just isn’t there for those who don’t pursue a traditional path;
2) People leaning into AI to think for them and not dig to understand if the AI is right or wrong, is deeply problematic for thinking through things ethically, working to find new paths, working through understanding complexity as it is and not just simple as they wish it were.
Both of these things are deeply apparent as problems today and the shifts are taking place at the edges, mostly around civics and civic engagement. The lack of people who don’t have the educational foundation to understand the world around them and discern truth from lies in public discourse are making this point loud and clear to many at all ages. United States

I am both hopeful and pessimistic on this. Pessimistic because education has so many myths and narratives attached to it i am not sure whether society can break free of them to invest in a wholescale model change. Optimistic because if the post-education world is forced to reshape, then education will almost have to explore/find new models. I am hopeful on this because some models already being discussed are fantastic. United States

New models will be the norm, with a huge focus on multi-disciplinarity and skills actualization. Porosity between the work and education structures will become a must and traditional universities or schools will not survive if they stick to their academic self-obsession. United Arab Emirates

Education will eventually become a luxury, not a right (to education), only affordable to those who have got enough wealth to sustain it. There will be a massive collapse of the already existing education system as it gets threatened by the emergence of LLMs (large language models) taking over education as ‘good enough to know to get by’. No need for education and critical thinking. Inexistent, as it will be considered a direct threat to power. County unknown

Universities are holding on but it’s possible that they will either falter entirely or become even more entrenched with a small controlling Elite. Canada

In a 2005 experiment by educational pioneer Sugata Mitra, he broke a hole in the wall between his office and a slum in India and made a computer available to children who had never before seen one. Kids gathered around … and experimented. The faster showed the others, and they all showed others. Very quickly, uneducated kids learned, no instructions, no training.

Mitra, observing the children, concluded: “Groups of children given adequate digital resources can meet the objectives of primary education on their own – most of the objectives.” Mitra went on to give a TED talk and was awarded a prize to achieve his goal of building a “school in the cloud” where children interact learning from each other. Our memory of history

Will totally revolutionize, we will see block chain-based education system, and the current model will become obsolete. Age will hold no bar in learning and nor will money. People will be free to learn what they want and when they want. Education will be truly democratized, and people’s education will be validated based on the work they are doing. Current degrees will have no value. South Africa

The new kind of education puts people in the middle of their interest. Helping individuals to find out who they are in order to enable them to live accordingly. Today we learn everything about anything, but nothing about oneself. The opposite approach is the BIG opportunity. Germany

Higher ed and primary will shift to learning led by learner not institution. United States

We will see community-based models at neighborhood levels. South Africa

New bite sized learning-on demand-and ever changing. Australia

Stackable credentials and self-ownership of “credits” where granting agencies may be “edu’s” and broaden to include other work/skill organizations. Learning will follow the person, not the place being the center of learning. United States

The rise of VR devices (not just for business and games) can be a huge game changer to learn and educate. Netherlands

Self-learning with AI support will increase. Several areas of interest will come in new careers. Brazil

The cost curve of traditional delivery is unsustainable, and the rate of knowledge obsolescence is so fast in certain fields that the traditional model needs to evolve.  Traditional players partnering with online platforms like an edX as well as company sponsored certifications (Amazon, Google, Microsoft, et al) will gain in importance. United States

New models will emerge which are hybrid to different degrees and all through AR/ VR (augmented reality/virtual reality). India.

I think there will be more distributed models where people can learn from anywhere and get their education. Even now YouTube is teaching a generation already. This will get more distributed over the coming years where remote teaching, and other modes of training will come available to anyone. Also the price of education will go to zero. As machines will absorb all knowledge and be able to teach at will. Netherlands

There will definitely be new models based on new technologies. The root question is whether it means also higher quality of education. I do not think so…Czech Republic

Education will not just be the mechanism by which children and students become productive members of a capitalist economy, but they will learn more about the natural world, natural systems, as the climate crisis has increased severe weather disasters and economic destruction.  Citizenship and stewardship will become more woven into all levels of education.
There is still value in being part of a shared learning experience, so while a traditional, costly residential university education has waned, it will have evolved to situating students in a cohort of fellow students, with occasional co-resident experiences.  The nature of learning will have become more experiential as well. United States

I believe education will be vastly different, the role of institutes and universities too, as people will learn from home, in a personalized approach, and not learning the same things as today. It may only happen because we can count on AI for the basics. Belgium

Let’s hope for new. Traditional models sell information, not how to think. Dreadfully outdated already. United Kingdom

I see new models with machine learning combined with social media. AI and chatGPT (even if I believe that it will become partially charged) might enable people to self-educate, leaving the role of education to soft skills and social interactions on complicated problem solving and creative tasks to reinvent our systems, ethics, governances.  France

We already need lots more people with technical skills in the area of manufacturing – this will continue as nations focus on bringing home the manufacturing capabilities needed for self-sufficiency and self-defense. United States

We don’t necessarily need new institutions, but we do need a revolution in how people are taught, with a huge push needed toward critical thinking, though I don’t see this happening in the next 20 years. Austria

We will have multiple facts and views that won’t align. Critical thinking skills will be more important and also affect the education. Sweden

Slowly, traditional system believers will realize diplomas, ratings, levels, job descriptions, are not what matters. You’ll need to learn sure, the focus should be on what person you are, not you fitting in the averages. Netherlands

With the rise of AI and humanity’s knowledge going online, coupled with big data, traditional school model will move to a new system where there are drop off centres where children learn to socialize.  There will still be a need for teachers but again it is more likely the idea of working at centres rather than the traditional school concept. Australia

I think the old university model and the notion of professors will go the way of most of the priesthoods of guilds (like the Catholic church).  The challenge will be for parents to get out of the way of their kids and encourage them to take control of their learning and not get enthralled with degrees and certificates that don’t mean anything.  Experience matters, not degrees.  Gaining the experience is what will be important in the future and that is not a form of education that the US or universities are ready for. United States

New models will emerge with digitization, nomadic lifestyles, learning by doing, entrepreneurship mindsets. India

We will experiment with new models (more individual and flexible) to meet demands, however there will also be a movement to empower the teaching profession as backbone of a resilient society. Netherlands

Education will no more be with in classrooms. It will be universal, there will be no age to education. A multiple dimension will happen, people from all fields will be open to education. Polytechnical centers, hospitals, schools, playgrounds, factories all be educational centers. There will be cross fertilization of knowledge, in the years to come. There will be no age to learn. Continuous learning, self-development will be the main spring and self-motivation will play an important role.   India

There will always be quest for knowledge even in the days when data chips implanted at birth will deliver google to the brain at birth. India

As the corpus of human knowledge and abilities grows exponentially, the traditional models of education no longer fit. School is not something that you do and then stop doing in order to go live life.  Learning has to become a life-long effort, measured in new ways and delivered in new ways (in addition to traditional schools). United States