South Asia Regional Symposium on ICT for Education2018

Digital Skills for Decent Jobs

Science, Technology & Innovation: Opportunities & challenges

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Artificial intelligence

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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