South Asia Regional Symposium on ICT for Education2018
Digital Skills for Decent Jobs
Science, Technology & Innovation: Opportunities & challenges
Robots
Internet of Things
Artificial intelligence
Big data analytics
Cloud computing
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Youth unemployment (millions) Youth unemployment rate (%)
71 million youth are unemployed and 160.6 million are employed but live in poverty
Youth employment:A challenge of both quality & quantity jobs
The skills mismatchMost young people don’t posess the skills needed to work in the
digital economy
Demand Supply
SOFT
Employers are looking for:
BASIC DIGITAL SKILLS
SOFT SKILLSDIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SKILLS
ADVANCEDDIGITAL SKILLS
How to address the Digital Skills Mismatch?An integrated approach …
Demand Supply
Skills Development
Creation of jobs for youth
Enabling environment for
young entrepreneurs
… with a strong focus on gender equality
26% of professionalcomputing occupationsheld by women
18% Computer Science bachelor’s degrees recipients are women
Our solutions must cover multiple contexts and work with multiple partners!
1. At the policy level
Embedding digital skills
development strategies within
national, regional and global
priorities
2. In schools
Introducing
coding &
computational thinking
School Curricula Teacher Training
3. Outside formal education: Coding bootcamps
3- to 6-month intensive and demand-driven digital skills training – often working with employers to secure job placement
• Computer graphics and design
• Networking and system administration
• Software and mobile app development
• Internet marketing
3. Outside formal education: Training beyond coding
4. At the workplace
Quality apprenticeships
Incentives and training for staff to continously developtheir digital skills
Soft skills development on-the-job
A success story: IT Step Academy
“The profession of programmer attracted me because of the opportunity to create something different, something new … I took it just as a nice bonus … Now I work with a great team, creating applications for a variety of mobile devices”
Success relies on(i) Skills sets that address the needs of the labour demand
Involving governments and private sector in:
Identifying and anticipating skillsneeds
Actively engaging in training delivery
Assessing results of digital skillstraining initiatives
Success relies on(ii) Leveraging technology to enhance youth digital skills
• Online trainings
• Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
• Promotion of Open Education Resources
• Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
Investing in digital skills for young people pays off!
Benefits for young people
• Behaviours and attitudes
• Employment and earnings
• Business performance
• Engagement in society
• Individual resilience
Investing in digital skills for young people pays off!
Benefits for society
Active business environment
Boost the digital economy
Peace and resilience
• Equip 5 million youth with job-readydigital skills by 2030
• Foster digital jobs for youth
• Promote an enabling environment for youth entrepreneurship in the digital economy
#DECENTJOBSFORYOUTH
THANK YOU // www.decentjobsforyouth.org
USING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
TO FACILITATE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION ITU-TRCSL : Connect A School; Connect A Community
Sri Lanka was as one of five countries of the ‘Connect a School, Connect a Community’ ITU initiative.
Outcome: The project benefited over 8500 students in 33 schools located in areas of low ICT development, including a focus on Digital Inclusion of children with special needs.
Narrow the Digital Divide between rural and urban areas and provide Digital Opportunities to the communities
Teachers training for skill development
Public-Private-Peoples’ Partnership (4P) implementation model engaging ITU, TRCSL, Ministry of Education, UNHCR, ICTA, SLT, Mobitel, Dialog Axiata, Metropolitan Computers, Daisy Lanka Foundation, principal, teachers, parents and students, local NGO’s
ICT education for
8500 students in 33provincial schools
SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ICT IN EDUCATION * 27-28 February 2018 * Shangri-la Colombo, Sri LankaGALLERY WALK