Jobs that are non-existent today will be career options by 2030: Tharoor
tnn | Jan 5, 2019, 23:45 ISTThiruvananthapuram: Those who start their career by 2030 will be looking for jobs that are non-existent today, said MP Shashi Tharoor. “We cannot always imagine what is possible tomorrow. The speed of change has become so bewilderingly rapid that many of the opportunities existing today will be opportunities that we cannot consider in the future,” he said while interacting with selected students from 17 schools in the district. The interaction was organized by International Foundation for Futuristic Education and Research (IFFER) and All India Professional Congress to discuss the multi-dimensions of the future education in the context of utilizing new age technological developments and changing paradigms of learning.
“That is why whenever I get a chance to speak with teachers, I constantly tell them not to teach students on what to think, instead teach them how to think. One of the greatest skills needed in the 21st century is to think out of the box. The box is conventional wisdom which restricts one to do things as it has always been done. Teachers also need to pay attention to handling the psychological domain of the students. Smaller classrooms and more divisions can help a lot in ensuring that teachers can focus individually on students,” he said.
A panel comprising Hindustan Institute of Technologies vice-chancellor K P Issac, electromechanical product designer Kesava Prasad, former chief secretary S M Vijayanand, ISCE member Fr Mathew Karoor and robotics and cognitive systems global head of Tata Consultancy Roshy John spoke to the students.
To surprise student delegates, a robot also engaged actively in the debate. Inker Robot which had been introduced at the State School Youth Festival welcomed Tharoor and asked questions related to the present socio-political scenario of the state.
A volley of questions regarding artificial intelligence (AI), ways and means of bringing about positive changes in the cognitive and psychological domain of students and importance of humanities as a dimension of futuristic studies were raised by various students to which Tharoor responded.
“That is why whenever I get a chance to speak with teachers, I constantly tell them not to teach students on what to think, instead teach them how to think. One of the greatest skills needed in the 21st century is to think out of the box. The box is conventional wisdom which restricts one to do things as it has always been done. Teachers also need to pay attention to handling the psychological domain of the students. Smaller classrooms and more divisions can help a lot in ensuring that teachers can focus individually on students,” he said.
A panel comprising Hindustan Institute of Technologies vice-chancellor K P Issac, electromechanical product designer Kesava Prasad, former chief secretary S M Vijayanand, ISCE member Fr Mathew Karoor and robotics and cognitive systems global head of Tata Consultancy Roshy John spoke to the students.
To surprise student delegates, a robot also engaged actively in the debate. Inker Robot which had been introduced at the State School Youth Festival welcomed Tharoor and asked questions related to the present socio-political scenario of the state.
A volley of questions regarding artificial intelligence (AI), ways and means of bringing about positive changes in the cognitive and psychological domain of students and importance of humanities as a dimension of futuristic studies were raised by various students to which Tharoor responded.
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