This will be extremely relevant in today’s scenario where the increasing competition makes it harder to find the right jobs. It becomes even more challenging for those who do not have access to education and lack basic skills. The numbers are staggering – a recent UNESCO study found that over 263 million children and youth are out of school worldwide.
Tech for good is a concept that has always excited me. The idea of being able to make the world a better place by harnessing technology is powerful.
One sector where technology can help bring about real change is education, and we have seen that during COVID-19 with the unprecedented acceleration of edtech (education technology). Learning worldwide would have come to an abrupt standstill but edtech intervened and rose as a disruptive force for real good in an almost overnight fashion.
In the same vein, technology can make critical interventions simple and scalable in the long run. The same spirit of agility and adaptability in tech solutions can be applied to foundational learning and more.
