Ans -> Because of
computerisation and globalisation, the
labour force need to be higher skilled
and information literate. Thus education
systems needs to emphasise developing
the following key skills.
1. Basic skills
: Teaching advanced skills must be
preceded by a strong foundation of basic reading writing and mathematics.
(a) Reading - As
computer technology and increased global competition accelerate the rate of
economic change the need for reading has increased correspondingly.
(b) Writing effective
and repaid information exchange through documentation or emails requires the
ability to write clearly and
persuasively.
(c) Mathematics computers have transformed concrete
processes in to numerical abstractions.
The use of these abstract models now pervades many jobs and has turned
many people into mathematics consumers.
2. Advanced skills
: These involve tasks that cannot be
accomplished by following a set of rules
and, therefore, cannot be computerised.
(a) Expert thinking
involves information processing to solve problems for which there are no
rule-based solution and must be solved through
understanding of the underlying relation ships.
