Innovation in Education Enabling Employability and Entrepreneurship across Africa Lutz Ziob Dean of 4Afrika Academy Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative
“In the new world of work, unemployment is high, yet skilled and talented people are in short supply.” The Economist, September 2011
“Fewest young adults in 60 years have jobs.” Time Magazine, 2012
Globally, job opportunities are shifting away from manufacturing economies … Mass production Standardized products Manual labor or routine cognitive tasks Hierarchical command and control Highly integrated organizations
… to information economies Services largest sector of 25 largest economies Information products & services show the most growth Innovation and new knowledge are a major engine of economic growth Accelerating transformation of vocational and technical occupations
More than 50% 50% of today’s jobs require some technology skills, that percentage will increase to 77 77% in the next decade. IDC 2012
SKILLS REQUIRED IN TODAY’S ECONOMY 10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 12 14 Percentage change in demand since 1969 Source: How computerized work and globalization shape human skill demands. Levy and Murnane, 2005 THE CHANGING DEMAND ON EDUCATION
SKILLS NEEDED FOR TODAY’S JOBS Oral and written communication skills Detail oriented Microsoft Office Customer service oriented Organizational skills “Microsoft Office skills are ranked by Problem solving skills employers as #2 on the list of ‘top 20 Self-starting/self-motivated skills’ in demand for tomorrow’s best jobs. In addition, Microsoft PowerPoint Project management and Word receive individual ranking by Dependability employers in the top 20 list.” Time management Data entry 4 5 6 13 1 2 3 7 8 9 10 11 12 % of positions Source: IDC, based on WANTED Analytics & U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data THE CHANGING DEMAND ON EDUCATION
WE MUST MOVE FROM A CULTURE OF LIFETIME EMPLOYMENT – THE OLD INDUSTRIAL MODEL- TO ONE OF LIFELONG EMPLOYABILITY. TOM FRIEDMAN
Audience Children In School Youth Out Of School Working Professionals MPN Learning YouthSpark/Employability IT Academy Programs Microsoft Virtual Academy BizSpark/Start-Up T eacher Development School of Government 4Afrika Internships DreamSpark Biz4Afrika/Innovation MOS/MTA Certification MOS/MCE Certification MOS/MCP Certification Innovative Productivity / Intelligent Cloud echnology Personal Computing / Smart Devices Affordable Broadband Access T LIFE-LONG LEARNING SECURES EMPLOYABILITY
“ Research has proven what my own experience taught me: That teacher effectiveness is one of the most important factors in determining how well students learn and whether they ” succeed in school. Bill Gates
25% Lack computers for students Insufficient time to prepare Not enough professional development Lack computers for teachers Internet not reliable 8% 7% Outdated technology Difficult to access computers 7% Lack ICT-supported resources 6% Weak ICT infrastructure 5% Not enough technical support 4% Computers vandalized 3% ICT not supported by leadership 2% Source: ITL teacher survey, 2011 Based on analysis by SRI International Easy access to Locally relevant ICT readiness & technology content & innovation professional skills TEACHERS FACING NUMEROUS CHALLENGES
Online Light T eacher Online Training Resources Depth of Experience Blended Blended & Virtual T eacher Learning Academies Education In-Classroom Transformation Training Experiences Deep Few Number of Participants Many QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT SCALE
Microsoft 6 Educasts 5 MCE T eacher Digital Certification Literacy 4 21 st Century 3 Learning T eaching with Design T echnology 2 1 T eacher Academies PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS
technical teaching productivity Microsoft Certified Educator MCSM Master Expert MCSE MCSD MCSA Specialist MTA Digital Literacy MICROSOFT CERTIFICATIONS GUARANTEE COMPETENCY
EMPOWERING YOUTH TO ACHIEVE MORE THROUGH TRAINING, EMPLOYABILITY & ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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YOUTHSPARK GROWS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
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TVWS TRANSMISSIONS TRAVEL FASTER & LESS COSTLY AFFORDABLE, EFFICIENT BROADBAND ACCESS
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APPLYING MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY ACROSS THE LE LEARNI ARNING NG TR TRAJEC JECTORY ORY Windows Store iPhone Android iPad & Mac Windows Phone PC and Web MODERN PRODUCTIVITY & INTELLIGENT CLOUD
Audience Children In School Youth Out Of School Working Professionals MPN Learning IT Academy YouthSpark/Employability Programs Microsoft Virtual Academy T eacher Development BizSpark/Start-Up School of Government DreamSpark 4Afrika Internships Biz4Afrika/Innovation MOS/MCE Certification MOS/MTA Certification MOS/MCP Certification Innovative Productivity / Intelligent Cloud echnology Personal Computing / Smart Devices Affordable Broadband Access T LIFE-LONG LEARNING SECURES PROSPERITY
“We recently changed our mission statement at Microsoft to ‘empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.’ Last week, in Kenya, I had a firsthand opportunity to see this mission in action.” Satya Nadella CEO Microsoft lzi ziob ob@mi @micr croso osoft. t.co com
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