3 ways to prepare young people for the post-COVID jobs market

3 ways to prepare young people for the post-COVID jobs market

To prepare young people for the jobs of the future in spite of the digital divide, we must deploy no-tech as well as hi-tech educational methods.

We must reduce our focus on high-stakes exams and replace them with fairer forms of assessment.

Young people must be empowered with adaptable skills and financial resources.



As the global pandemic reshapes the future of jobs, how can we help prepare our youth for the unknown? Here are three ideas.

1. Teach through a mix of high-tech, low-tech, and no-tech

As schools moved online during lockdowns, the pandemic began to expose the world's entrenched digital divide, in which the 'technical haves' - those who possess high-quality devices with internet access - and the 'technical have-nots' have grown further apart. Many developing countries, as