As observações foram feitas pela ONG Wadhwani Foundation na véspera do Dia Mundial das Competências dos Jovens (15 de julho), celebrado pelas Nações Unidas para enfatizar a necessidade de desenvolvimento de competências entre a geração mais jovem.
By 2022, there will be at least 133 million jobs globally combining humans efforts, machines and algorithms, a not-for-profit organisation said on Tuesday, stressing the need for increasing digital and English literacy for youth in India. There is a marked disconnect between what academia produces and what the industry wants and the need is to skill the youth in emerging industry areas of technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, green energy, among others, it said.
The remarks were made by NGO Wadhwani Foundation on the eve of World Youth Skills Day (July 15), observed by the United Nations to emphasise the need for desenvolvimento de habilidades among young generation.
De acordo com a ONU, em 2016 havia 259 milhões de jovens sem emprego, educação ou formação (NEET) – um número que aumentou para cerca de 267 milhões em 2019 e que se prevê que continue a subir para cerca de 273 milhões em 2021.
“Em termos percentuais, a tendência também foi ligeiramente ascendente, passando de 21,7% em 2015 para 22,4% em 2020, o que implica que a meta internacional de reduzir a taxa de NEET até 2020 não será atingida”, afirmou em um relatório.
Stressing the need for Citing figures from World Economic Forum, the foundation’s president and CEO Ajay Kela said there will be “at least 133 million jobs that marry division of labour between humans, machines and algorithms will emerge globally by 2022”.
“The government could address the serious mismatch what academia produces and what the industry wants. With a global knowledge-led economy driven by technology and globalisation, skill the next generation of youth on 21st Century skills by mainstreaming employability skills such as problem solving, critical thinking, customer centricity, digital and English literacy which are largely ignored in academia,” he said.
Fonte: Economic Times
