The Global Education Platform: Harnessing Technology to Deliver Universal Education and Skills Training to the New Global Economy
Our world is afflicted by a global skills gap. The need for skilled individuals is growing rapidly while the young and marginalized lack access to the education that would allow them to meet this need. While the 2025-generation will be the first in which the majority of workers will require formal skills, over one billion people in the workforce will still lack a secondary education. In its current form, the global education system cannot supply the quantity and quality of education needed to meet this demand. Without change, the under educated will be further marginalized, and the divide between poor and rich will continue to grow, undermining global growth.
An online Global Education Platform (GEP) could bridge this gap. Based on a careful analysis of the needs of potential students and employers, the GEP will aggregate educational contents from diverse providers and certify learning success. Without charging students, the GEP will sustain a healthy competition among content providers by rewarding them on the basis of the student achievement each of them facilitates in terms of learning and employment — taking account of the value of certifiable skills actually acquired and of the number of students so benefitted.
- See more at: http://educationenvoy.org/global-education-platform/#sthash.rCFCKS77.dpuf
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