Oman is ready for jobs of the future

Oman is ready for jobs of the future

Muscat: Youth in Oman are ready to take on the jobs of the future, say economists and tech experts in the country, as global advances will influence the nature of work in the future, and the way they do it. Jobs in the near future will span at least 10 sectors, said the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MOHERI), citing international reports that featured projections of how the digital economy is expected to impact lives. "The Sultanate of Oman is ready for what is to come," said Khalfan Al Toqi, an economist in the country. "There are programmes that some parties are currently carrying out and others that need to be worked on. There needs to be cooperation to review current plans to enrich the objectives of what they must do, especially when it comes to technology and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. What needs to be done"Initiatives need to be developed and agreements signed with other countries in the areas of joint cooperation, while enriching the content of school curricula," he explained. "This development must not stop, but rather multiply and remain in the minds and in the aspirations of our young generations, as they are the future,