Changing Educational Leader Mindsets for Student Career Preparedness
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Youth employability
Globally, nearly 68 million young women and men are looking for and available for work, and an estimated 123 million young people are working but living in poverty. The number who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) stands at 267 million, a majority of whom are young women. Significantly, young people are three times as likely as adults (25 years and older) to be unemployed.
Skills development is a primary means of enabling young people to make a smooth transition to work. A comprehensive approach is required to integrate young women and men in the labour market, including relevant and quality skills training, labour market information, career guidance and employment services, recognition of prior learning, incorporating entrepreneurship with training and effective skills forecasting. Improved basic education and core work skills are particularly important to enable youth to engage in lifelong learning as well as transition to the labour market.
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As university choices increasingly become the dominant pathway conversations for student career guidance in secondary institutions, career education is at a crossroads. This talk challenges educational leaders to rethink the future of career education, not as a university choice decision but as a strategic process that is essential for student development and career identity.
Career readiness is complex, subjective, and essential, and it should not be left to students to make hurriedly in their final year of secondary schooling. While institutional budget constraints are realistic barriers faced by educational leaders, its growing dominance for career guidance provisions risks undermining the credibility of career education, compromising the quality of guidance students must receive, and contributing to mismatched career choices, rising youth unemployment, and social and economic challenges globally.
This talk will explore the risks of marginalizing career education, youth over-relying on AI caused by the lack of educational support, and the urgent need for educational system-wide investment in high-quality, human-led career guidance. The research findings for this talk will advocate placing trained career professionals at the centre of guidance provision, supported but not replaced by AI technologies.
Educational leaders will walk away with a new understanding of why career education and development are not optional but necessary life skills that their schools should adopt to ensure student's success and to future-proof their careers.
Target Audience: School Leaders
Event location: GESS Education Conference, Dubai World Trade Center, United Arab Emirates
Time: 12:20-12:40 UAE
Event website: https://www.gessdubai.com/node/1471
