Sustaining Quality Education in the 21st Century

We are part of a globalized world that is reflected in problems associated with the development of the various dimensions of human endeavor. Intellectuals and scientists, who explain the complexity of the 21st century, emphasized on the fact that human beings swing between a strong consumer tendency and the capture of immediacy. There is a need for an ideal interconnected to values and ongoing actions tending towards sustainability. This is with the aim of legitimizing the various dimensions of human development where education forms a determining part. Taking into account the mentioned context, this work reflects on the work of the teacher, a key piece in the formation of students and institutional view. The literature will be reviewed and practical strategies will be proposed and focused on strengthening human understanding in global complexity. This is because teachers are expected to become the strategists that avert the great challenges faced by education in the 21st century global society. The converging impact of globalization, ICT and knowledge explosion has led to phenomenal changes in the modern society, which have challenged every aspect of our modern lifestyle.To cope with these run away changes we need to prepare workforce with the skills to handle a range of electronic technologies that characterize this digital era. To prepare citizens with cosmopolitan outlook, cross cultural understanding, capable of working in multicultural settings on group projects and capacity to think creatively and critically a different approach to the delivery of education is required. This paper argues that nothing less than a radical change, especially in the developing countries, is required in the ways education is delivered to the -˜digital natives’ of today and tomorrow. Arguing that education is the engine room and strength of a nation is based on its quality education, it is crucial for a country to deliver calibrated education to prepare globally competitive citizens. The paper examines various educational reforms undertaken in some successful education systems, but it also serves a caveat that the developing countries like Indonesia or a region like ASEAN should learn from the experience of such systems. At the same time time they should be aware of that an idea which works in one socio economic setting may not be that effective in another setting as socio political systems play their own part.The UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, OREALC UNESCO Santiago, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Sport of the Republic of Argentina, organized the Regional Meeting of Ministers of Education of Latin America and the Caribbean  –  “E2030 Education and skills for the 21st century-. Ministers of Education and high level representatives of the education sector of the Member States of LAC bilateral, regional and multilateral organizations United Nations agencies representatives of civil society stakeholders and UNESCO experts participated in the meeting, which was held on 24 25 January 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This was the first ministerial meeting to be organized within the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals SDGs , in particular SDG 4  –  “Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning-. It provided a space for dialogue between ministers of education and other stakeholders to debate SDG 4 in the context of the 2030 SDG Agenda. Discussions and information sharing on various topics related to the SDG 4 targets, and on the coordination mechanisms and monitoring instruments conducive to the achievement of E2030 enabled LAC Member States to reach a common vision and understanding of E2030 in the region. This joint approach on E2030 for the region is laid down in the Declaration of Buenos Aires, which ministers adopted at the end of the meeting. 1 The most important skills beyond basic literacy that students need today are the ability to consume information, think about it critically, and express their point of view effectively. We need whole systems to focus on these skills  –  not just individual teachers or departments  –  as the literacy needs and goals cut across all content areas, including STEM. When it comes to critical thinking, human interaction is required to develop sophisticated reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills and cannot be taught by machines alone. 

2 Dr. Asha Pandey "Sustaining Quality Education in the 21st Century" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, 

URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd43907.pdf 

Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/43907/sustaining-quality-education-in-the-21st-century/dr-asha-pandey

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