KT UniExpo: How UAE teachers are preparing students for jobs that do not exist

KT UniExpo: How UAE teachers are preparing students for jobs that do not exist

Coming together for the two-day event in Dubai, top educators and experts share their insights on how learning has evolved

Published: Fri 7 Oct 2022, 5:17 PM Last updated: Fri 7 Oct 2022, 5:20 PM

To prepare students for jobs of the future, academicians and teachers in the UAE are creating new learning pathways with a goal of helping the youth become 'agile thinkers'.

Top educators and over 35 universities shared their insights as they came together for the two-day KT UniExpo, which opened at Shangri-La Dubai today.

Speaking at the event, Dr Neil Hopkin, a leading international school principal for Fortes Education in Dubai, said tomorrow’s adults must be ready to navigate through various roles.

“Children, as they move through adult life, will move through different jobs. The world is going to change, we're going to find that the climate becomes absolutely dominant," the principal at Sunmarke School said.

Jobs that do not exist yet — like "carbon vacuuming in the atmosphere" — will suddenly be cropping up, he added.

"There will be things to do with the way that food interacts with global movements — where people are chasing the food or how water level changes are going to impact them. So, there will be